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poking about

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1 indagar

v.

to investigate, to inquire into.

Ella preguntó ayer She asked around yesterday.

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indagar

Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 to investigate, inquire into

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verb

to inquire

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VT (=investigar) to investigate, inquire into; (=averiguar) to find out, ascertain

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1.
(frml) verbo transitivo to investigate
2.
indagar vi to make inquiries, investigate

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= delve into, enquire into [inquire into, -USA], investigate, poke about/(a)round/into/in, probe, question, probe into, check up on, keep + tabs on, make + enquiry, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. The objective is to enable the reader to eliminate possibly relevant documents, which, in fact, prove to be of little interest without delving into the body of the abstract.

Ex. No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex. Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.

Ex. If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

Ex. If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex. The author discusses the general tendency noted for more girls than boys to make enquiries at the library.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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* indagar el pasado de Alguien = delve into + Posesivo + past.

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1.
(frml) verbo transitivo to investigate
2.
indagar vi to make inquiries, investigate

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= delve into, enquire into [inquire into, -USA], investigate, poke about/(a)round/into/in, probe, question, probe into, check up on, keep + tabs on, make + enquiry, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: The objective is to enable the reader to eliminate possibly relevant documents, which, in fact, prove to be of little interest without delving into the body of the abstract.

Ex: No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex: Kaiser also investigated the effect of grouping subheadings of a subject.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: The librarian sometimes must probe to discover the context of the question and to be able to discuss various possible approaches and explore their merits.

Ex: If this appears to be excessively difficult, maybe it is time to question whether the tool is too complex.

Ex: If one probes more deeply into the question of truth and falsehood, one gets into difficult philosophical issues, which we prefer to leave to others.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.

Ex: The author discusses the general tendency noted for more girls than boys to make enquiries at the library.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

* indagar el pasado de Alguien = delve into + Posesivo + past.

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indagar [A3 ]

vt

( frml); to investigate

■ indagar

vi

to make inquiries*, investigate

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indagar ( conjugate indagar) (frml) verbo intransitivo
to investigate;
indagar sobre algo to investigate sth
indagar verbo transitivo to investigate
' indagar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
investigar
English:
brain
- inquire into

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indagar

♦ vt

to investigate, to inquire into

♦ vi

to investigate, to inquire;

indagar acerca de algo to investigate sth, to inquire into sth

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indagar

v/i investigate

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indagar {52} vt

: to inquire into, to investigate

Spanish-English dictionary > indagar
2 fisgonear

v.

1 to pry (informal).

2 to snoop, to poke around, to poke about, to nose around.

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fisgonear

► verbo transitivo

1 to pry, snoop

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verbo intransitivo (fam) to nose around (colloq)

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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verbo intransitivo (fam) to nose around (colloq)

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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fisgonear [A1 ]

vi

( fam); to nose o poke around ( colloq)

lo encontré fisgoneando en mi armario I found him poking o nosing around in my wardrobe

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fisgonear ( conjugate fisgonear) verbo intransitivo (fam) to nose around (colloq)
fisgonear verbo intransitivo to snoop, pry
' fisgonear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
curiosear
- husmear
English:
nose about
- nose around
- poke about
- poke around
- pry
- rubberneck
- snoop
- poke

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fisgonear vi
Fam to pry, to nose around;
estaba fisgoneando por el ojo de la cerradura he was spying through the keyhole

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fisgonear

v/i fam

snoop around fam

(en in)

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fisgonear vi

: to snoop, to pry

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fisgonear vb to snoop

Spanish-English dictionary > fisgonear
3 curiosear

v.

1 to nose around.

2 to browse through (libros, revistas).

3 to look around, to nose around, to mouse about, to nose about.

4 to mouse into, to spy on.

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curiosear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (fisgar) to pry, nose around

2 (mirar) to look around

► verbo transitivo

1 (fisgar) to pry into

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1. VT

1) (=husmear) to nose out

2) (=mirar) [en una tienda] to look over, look round

2. VI

1) (=husmear) to snoop, pry

2) (=mirar) [en una tienda] to look round, wander round; (=explorar) to poke about

curiosear por las tiendas — to wander round the shops

curiosear por los escaparates — to go window-shopping

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verbo intransitivo

a) ( fisgonear) to pry

curiosear en la vida ajena — to pry into other people's affairs

estaba curioseando entre mis papeles/en mis cajones — he was going o looking through my papers/drawers

b) (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

me puse a curiosear en la biblioteca/entre los archivos — I started browsing around the library/through the files

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= browse, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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verbo intransitivo

a) ( fisgonear) to pry

curiosear en la vida ajena — to pry into other people's affairs

estaba curioseando entre mis papeles/en mis cajones — he was going o looking through my papers/drawers

b) (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

me puse a curiosear en la biblioteca/entre los archivos — I started browsing around the library/through the files

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= browse, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: This arrangement may facilitate browsing across different kinds of materials.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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curiosear [A1 ]

vi

1 (fisgonear) to pry

siempre está curioseando en la vida ajena he's always prying into other people's affairs

¿qué haces curioseando entre mis papeles? what are you doing rummaging o looking through my papers?

2 (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

me fui a curiosear por las tiendas I went for a wander o look around the shops, I went and browsed around the shops

me puse a curiosear en la biblioteca/entre los archivos I started browsing around the library/through the files

■ curiosear

vt

to check on

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curiosear ( conjugate curiosear) verbo intransitivo
a) ( fisgonear) to pry;

◊ curiosear en la vida ajena to pry into other people's affairs;

estaba curioseando en mis cajones he was going o looking through my drawers
b) (por las tiendas, en una biblioteca) to browse

curiosear verbo intransitivo to pry
' curiosear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cotillear
- husmear
- copuchar
English:
poke about
- poke around
- rubberneck
- pry

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curiosear

♦ vi

1. [fisgonear] to nose around

2. [en tienda] to browse round;

estuvo curioseando por el almacén he was browsing around the store

♦ vt
[libros, revistas] to browse through
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curiosear

I v/t

1 ( fisgonear) pry into

2 ( mirar) look around

II v/i ( mirar) look around

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curiosear vi

1) : to snoop, to pry

2) : to browse

curiosear vt

: to look over, to check

Spanish-English dictionary > curiosear
4 entrometerse

pron.v.

1 to interfere.

2 to meddle, to barge in, to burst in, to butt in.

María interfiere siempre Mary interferes always.

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entrometerse

► verbo pronominal

1 to meddle, interfere

■ se entrometió en nuestros asuntos he interfered in our affairs

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verb

to interfere, meddle

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VPR (=interferir) to meddle, interfere (en in, with)
(=molestar) to intrude
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verbo pronominal to meddle

no te entrometas — keep out of it o stop meddling

entrometerse en algo — to meddle in something

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= encroach on/upon, muscle in, horn in, intrude, meddle (in/with), elbow into, barge in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. We have not been alone, of course, in our concentration on inessentials; and ours is not the only profession that is being encroached upon by alternative professionals.

Ex. They are, however, very much in a minority in the high technology field and any feeling that the products of such courses are ' muscling in' on library and information work is hard to substantiate.

Ex. There might be some difficulty with agencies who see us as ' horning in' on their territory.

Ex. Although every assistance should be given to the user of the microfilm collection, attendants should be careful not to intrude.

Ex. It also can give the impression that Finland is meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.

Ex. More and more companies are already elbowing into this fledgling but potentially lucrative industry.

Ex. 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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verbo pronominal to meddle

no te entrometas — keep out of it o stop meddling

entrometerse en algo — to meddle in something

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= encroach on/upon, muscle in, horn in, intrude, meddle (in/with), elbow into, barge in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: We have not been alone, of course, in our concentration on inessentials; and ours is not the only profession that is being encroached upon by alternative professionals.

Ex: They are, however, very much in a minority in the high technology field and any feeling that the products of such courses are ' muscling in' on library and information work is hard to substantiate.

Ex: There might be some difficulty with agencies who see us as ' horning in' on their territory.

Ex: Although every assistance should be given to the user of the microfilm collection, attendants should be careful not to intrude.

Ex: It also can give the impression that Finland is meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.

Ex: More and more companies are already elbowing into this fledgling but potentially lucrative industry.

Ex: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting her drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!'.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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entrometerse [E1 ]

v pron

to meddle

no te entrometas keep out of it o stop meddling o stop interfering

entrometerse EN algo to meddle IN sth

siempre tiene que entrometerse en la vida de los demás he always has to meddle o interfere in other people's lives

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entrometerse ( conjugate entrometerse) verbo pronominal
to meddle
entrometerse verbo reflexivo to meddle, interfere [en, in]
' entrometerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
meterse
- mangonear
English:
barge in
- interfere
- intrude
- meddle
- mind
- muscle
- pry
- stick
- nose

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entrometerse vpr

to interfere, to meddle (en in);
tú no te entrometas, yo arreglaré esto don't you go interfering, I'll sort this out myself;

no te entrometas donde no debes don't interfere where you shouldn't;

no hacía más que entrometerse en mis asuntos she did nothing but interfere o meddle in my affairs

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entrometerse

<part entrometido> v/r meddle (en in)

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entrometerse vr

: to interfere, to meddle

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entrometerse vb to interfere

Spanish-English dictionary > entrometerse
5 fisgar

v.

to pry (informal).

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fisgar

Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 familiar to pry, snoop

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verbo intransitivo (fam) to snoop (colloq)

andaba fisgando por las oficinas — he was snooping around the offices

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, lurk, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. On the rare occasions when I venture beyond lurking to pose the occasional query, I am often overwhelmed by the generosity of those who take the time to reply.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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verbo intransitivo (fam) to snoop (colloq)

andaba fisgando por las oficinas — he was snooping around the offices

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, lurk, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: On the rare occasions when I venture beyond lurking to pose the occasional query, I am often overwhelmed by the generosity of those who take the time to reply.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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fisgar [A3 ]

vi

( fam); to snoop

siempre andaba fisgando por los despachos he was always snooping around the offices

siempre anda fisgando en mi correspondencia she's always reading my mail

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fisgar ( conjugate fisgar) verbo intransitivo (fam) to snoop (colloq);
◊ andaba fisgando por las oficinas he was snooping around the offices

fisgar vi fam to snoop, pry

' fisgar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
husmear
- olfatear
English:
snoop

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fisgar vi
Fam to pry, to nose around;
¿quién ha estado fisgando en mis papeles? who's been nosing around (in) my papers?

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fisgar

v/i fam

snoop fam ;

fisgar en algo snoop around in sth

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fisgar {52} vt

husmear: to pry into, to snoop on

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fisgar vb to snoop

¡deja de fisgar en mi cuarto! stop snooping in my room!

Spanish-English dictionary > fisgar
6 gulusmear

v.

to snoop around.

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VI

1) (=comer) to nibble titbits

2) (=oler) to sniff the cooking

3) (=curiosear) to snoop

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

Spanish-English dictionary > gulusmear
7 husmear

v.

1 to sniff out, to scent.

2 to nose around.

3 to snoop around, to nose around, to poke about, to poke around.

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husmear

► verbo transitivo

1 (con el olfato) to sniff, scent

2 figurado (indagar) to pry (en, into), snoop (en, into)

► verbo intransitivo

1 to sniff

2 figurado to snoop around

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verb

to sniff out

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1. VT

1) (=olisquear) to scent, get wind of

2) (=fisgonear) to pry into, sniff out *

2.

VI (=oler mal) to smell bad

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1.
verbo transitivo to sniff
2.
husmear vi

a) perro to sniff around

b) (fam) ( fisgonear) to snoop, pry, sniff around (colloq)

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= lurk, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into), root.

Ex. On the rare occasions when I venture beyond lurking to pose the occasional query, I am often overwhelmed by the generosity of those who take the time to reply.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

Ex. We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.

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1.
verbo transitivo to sniff
2.
husmear vi

a) perro to sniff around

b) (fam) ( fisgonear) to snoop, pry, sniff around (colloq)

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= lurk, poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into), root.

Ex: On the rare occasions when I venture beyond lurking to pose the occasional query, I am often overwhelmed by the generosity of those who take the time to reply.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

Ex: We let our 4 hens loose to root in the garden but I think it's not a good idea in the long run, as they would kill raspberries and other plants.

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husmear [A1 ]

vt

to sniff

■ husmear

vi

1 «perro» to sniff around

2 ( fam) (fisgonear) to pry, snoop ( colloq), sniff around ( colloq)

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husmear ( conjugate husmear) verbo transitivo
to sniff
verbo intransitivo
a) [ perro] to sniff around

b) (fam) ( fisgonear) to snoop, sniff (around) (colloq)

husmear
I vtr (rastrear con el olfato) to sniff out, scent
II vi fig (fisgar, curiosear) to snoop, pry
' husmear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
olfatear
English:
pry
- nose
- sniff
- snoop

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husmear

♦ vt
[olfatear] to sniff out, to scent
♦ vi
Fam [curiosear] to nose around
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husmear

I v/i

1 ( olfatear) sniff around

2 fam ( cotillear) sniff o

nose around fam, snoop fam

(en in)

II v/t sniff

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husmear vt

1) : to follow the scent of, to track

2) : to sniff out, to pry into

husmear vi

1) : to pry, to snoop

2) : to sniff around (of an animal)

Spanish-English dictionary > husmear
8 meter las narices en

(v.) = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into)

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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(v.) = snoop about/(a)round/into/in, poke about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into)

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

Spanish-English dictionary > meter las narices en
9 olisquear

v.

1 to sniff (at).

2 to sniff out, to scent, to mouse into, to sniff carefully.

El perro olfateó las hierbas The dog sniffed the herbs.

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olisquear

► verbo transitivo

1 (olfatear) to sniff

► verbo intransitivo

1 figurado (curiosear) to nose around

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VT VI = oliscar

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verbo transitivo to sniff

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex. He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex. The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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verbo transitivo to sniff

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= poke about/(a)round/into/in, snoop about/(a)round/into/in, nose about/(a)round/into/in, pry (into).

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Apparently many employees (nearly half) have the habit of snooping around within the company.

Ex: He then decided to solve the mystery of the death of an reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard.

Ex: The committee should be prevented from forcibly prying into the private affairs of the people.

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olisquear [A1 ]

vt

to sniff

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olisquear ( conjugate olisquear) verbo transitivo
to sniff
' olisquear' also found in these entries:
English:
sniff

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olisquear vt

to sniff (at)

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olisquear

v/t sniff

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olisquear vt

: to sniff at

Spanish-English dictionary > olisquear
10 motivar

v.

1 to motivate (to encourage).

Sus comentarios motivan a Ricardo Her comments motivate Richard.

2 to cause, to provoke, to draw forth, to give a reason for.

Su pereza motivó el despido His laziness caused the dismissal.

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motivar

► verbo transitivo

1 (causar) to cause, give rise to

■ el despido de los trabajadores motivó la huelga the sacking of the workers caused the strike

2 (estimular) to motivate

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verb

1) to motivate

2) cause

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VT

1) (=estimular) to motivate

los estudios ya no la motivan — she is no longer motivated by her studies

2) (=causar) to cause

un retraso motivado por circunstancias ajenas a su voluntad — a delay caused by circumstances beyond his control

3) (=explicar) to justify, explain

motivó su decisión con razonamientos muy válidos — she had some very sound reasons to justify her decision

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verbo transitivo

1) ( impulsar) to motivate

¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? — what made you do it?

motivado por la venganza — motivated by revenge

2) ( causar) to bring about

el factor que motivó su derrota — the cause of o the reason for his defeat

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= cause, lead on, motivate, prompt, be fired with, actuate.

Ex. As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. It is, in general, quite difficult to motivate an administrator to divert the resources necessary to upgrade an existing file of poor quality.

Ex. An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.

Ex. Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.

Ex. CRG has always remained an amateur organization in the sense that it does not dispose of large funds, and its members are actuated by enthusiasm for the subject rather than by the hope of wealth.

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verbo transitivo

1) ( impulsar) to motivate

¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? — what made you do it?

motivado por la venganza — motivated by revenge

2) ( causar) to bring about

el factor que motivó su derrota — the cause of o the reason for his defeat

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= cause, lead on, motivate, prompt, be fired with, actuate.

Ex: As usage of the language causes terms to become anachronistic, or as increases in our level of awareness reveal undesirable connotations, we seek to change subject heading terms.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: It is, in general, quite difficult to motivate an administrator to divert the resources necessary to upgrade an existing file of poor quality.

Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.

Ex: Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.

Ex: CRG has always remained an amateur organization in the sense that it does not dispose of large funds, and its members are actuated by enthusiasm for the subject rather than by the hope of wealth.

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motivar [A1 ]

vt

A (estimular) to motivate

no está nada motivada en ese trabajo that job doesn't motivate her at all, she doesn't feel at all motivated in her job

B

1

(causar): este fue el principal factor que motivó su derrota this was the main cause of o the principal reason for his defeat

esto ha motivado la subida de precios this has brought about o given rise to the price increase

2 (impulsar) to motivate

motivado por deseos de venganza motivated by revenge o feelings of revenge

¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? what made you do it?

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motivar ( conjugate motivar) verbo transitivo
1 ( en general) to motivate;
◊ motivado por la venganza motivated by revenge;

¿qué te motivó a hacerlo? what made you do it?
2 ( causar) to bring about, cause
motivar verbo transitivo
1 (provocar) to cause
2 (animar) to motivate
' motivar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
determinar
English:
ability
- motivate
- provoke

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motivar

♦ vt

1. [causar] to cause;

la tormenta motivó el aplazamiento del concierto the storm caused the concert to be postponed

2. [estimular] to motivate;

un incentivo así no me motiva nada I'm not at all motivated by an incentive like that;

la desesperada situación lo motivó a emigrar the desperate situation caused him to emigrate

♦ See also the pronominal verb motivarse

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motivar

v/t motivate

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motivar vt

1) causar: to cause

2) impulsar: to motivate

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motivar vb

1. (causar) to cause

sus insultos motivaron una fuerte discusión his insults caused a fierce argument

2. (incentivar) to motivate

el entrenador tiene que motivar a sus jugadores a manager has to motivate his players

Spanish-English dictionary > motivar
11 incentivar

v.

1 to encourage.

2 to motivate, to impulse, to incite, to trigger.

El dinero estimula a los empleados Money stimulates the employees.

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incentivar

► verbo transitivo

1 (persona) to motivate, encourage

2 (producción) to boost, encourage

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VT to encourage

baja incentivada — voluntary redundancy

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verbo transitivo ( estimular) to encourage; ( recompensar) to provide... with incentives, give incentives to

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= fuel, lead on, provide + incentive, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], set + alight.

Ex. This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limiting to provide incentives to graduates to enter.

Ex. It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.

Ex. However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.

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* incentivar la economía = stimulate + the economy.

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verbo transitivo ( estimular) to encourage; ( recompensar) to provide... with incentives, give incentives to

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= fuel, lead on, provide + incentive, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], set + alight.

Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limiting to provide incentives to graduates to enter.

Ex: It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.

Ex: However, the spark that really set librarians alight came from outside Australia.

* incentivar la economía = stimulate + the economy.

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incentivar [A1 ]

vt

(estimular) to encourage; (recompensar) to provide … with incentives, give incentives to

medidas para incentivar la creación de puestos de trabajo measures to encourage o stimulate the creation of jobs

incentivan a los agricultores para que no planten estos cultivos farmers are being provided with o given incentives not to plant these crops

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incentivar verbo transitivo to give an incentive to

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incentivar vt

to encourage;

incentivan la compra de vehículos con rebajas fiscales they are using tax cuts as an incentive to encourage people to buy vehicles

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incentivar

v/t motivate

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incentivar vt

: to encourage, to stimulate

Spanish-English dictionary > incentivar
12 intercambiar

v.

to exchange.

Ella cambió lugares con la mesera She exchanged places with the waitress.

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intercambiar

Conjugation model [ CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to exchange

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verb

to exchange

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VT [+ impresiones, presos, ideas, dinero] to exchange; [+ sellos, fotos] to swap, exchange

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1.
verbo transitivo <impresiones/ideas> to exchange, swap (colloq); <sellos/revistas> to swap

intercambio clases de inglés por clases de español — English lessons offered in exchange for lessons in Spanish
2.
intercambiarse v pron (recípr) to swap (colloq), to exchange

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= swap, swop, barter.

Ex. The program automatically swaps CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and executes a warm boot in one step.

Ex. While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Learn how valuable knowledge is acquired, created, bought and bartered'.

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* intercambiar comentarios = exchange + remarks.

* intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.

* intercambiar ideas = compare + notes, exchange + ideas, bounce off + ideas.

* intercambiar ideas con Alguien = bounce + ideas off + Nombre.

* intercambiar ideas y métodos = cross-pollinate.

* intercambiar información = exchange + data.

* intercambiar opiniones = exchange + views, share + opinions.

* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.

* intercambiar saludos = exchange + greeting.

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1.
verbo transitivo <impresiones/ideas> to exchange, swap (colloq); <sellos/revistas> to swap

intercambio clases de inglés por clases de español — English lessons offered in exchange for lessons in Spanish
2.
intercambiarse v pron (recípr) to swap (colloq), to exchange

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= swap, swop, barter.

Ex: The program automatically swaps CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files and executes a warm boot in one step.

Ex: While poking about among books children naturally discuss those they have read, swopping responses, and so leading each other on.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Learn how valuable knowledge is acquired, created, bought and bartered'.

* intercambiar comentarios = exchange + remarks.

* intercambiar experiencias = exchange + experience, share + experience.

* intercambiar ideas = compare + notes, exchange + ideas, bounce off + ideas.

* intercambiar ideas con Alguien = bounce + ideas off + Nombre.

* intercambiar ideas y métodos = cross-pollinate.

* intercambiar información = exchange + data.

* intercambiar opiniones = exchange + views, share + opinions.

* intercambiar palabras = bandy + words.

* intercambiar saludos = exchange + greeting.

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intercambiar [A1 ]

vt

‹impresiones/ideas› to exchange, swap ( colloq); ‹sellos/revistas› to swap

intercambiar cartas to write to each other, exchange letters

[ S ] intercambio clases de inglés por clases de español English lessons offered in exchange for lessons in Spanish

■ intercambiarse

v pron

( recípr) to swap ( colloq), to exchange

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intercambiar ( conjugate intercambiar) verbo transitivo ‹impresiones/ideas› to exchange;
‹sellos/revistas› to swap
intercambiar verbo transitivo to exchange, swap
' intercambiar' also found in these entries:
English:
bandy
- exchange
- interchange
- note
- share
- switch
- trade
- swap

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intercambiar vt
[objetos, ideas] to exchange; [lugares, posiciones] to change, to swap; [cromos] to swap;
los dos presidentes intercambiaron saludos the two presidents exchanged greetings o greeted each other;

los jugadores se intercambiaron las camisetas the players swapped shirts

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intercambiar

v/t exchange, swap

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intercambiar vt

canjear: to exchange, to trade

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intercambiar vb (opiniones) to exchange

Una palabra más familiar es swap [pt. & pp. swapped

Spanish-English dictionary > intercambiar
13 mofarse de

v.

to jeer at, to laugh at, to make sport of, to ridicule.

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(v.) = make + a joke about, ridicule, make + mockery of, poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, sneer at, scoff at

Ex. What was pinned up ranged from elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations to longish book reviews either typed or handwritten, and cartoons that made a joke about the book being suggested.

Ex. Such publications emphasised patriotic material supporting the war and ridiculing the enemy.

Ex. This makes mockery of the idea of a 'family wage' earned by the man on which wage negotiations and the idea of keeping women out of work are founded.

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex. America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.

Ex. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English -- it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.

Ex. Watching Ranald drop a rafter on his head, Marion sneered at herself that these children, this filthy hovel were all that was left to her.

Ex. It's time to stop scoffing at those who worry about the budget deficit.

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(v.) = make + a joke about, ridicule, make + mockery of, poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, sneer at, scoff at

Ex: What was pinned up ranged from elaborate and beautifully executed illustrations to longish book reviews either typed or handwritten, and cartoons that made a joke about the book being suggested.

Ex: Such publications emphasised patriotic material supporting the war and ridiculing the enemy.

Ex: This makes mockery of the idea of a 'family wage' earned by the man on which wage negotiations and the idea of keeping women out of work are founded.

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex: America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.

Ex: Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English -- it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.

Ex: Watching Ranald drop a rafter on his head, Marion sneered at herself that these children, this filthy hovel were all that was left to her.

Ex: It's time to stop scoffing at those who worry about the budget deficit.

Spanish-English dictionary > mofarse de
14 más o menos

más o menos

more or less

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= more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take, ballpark

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS stores library files that contain more or less the same information found in manual files in libraries everywhere.

Ex. True, the machine is sometimes controlled by a keyboard, and thought of a sort enters in reading the figures and poking the corresponding keys, but even this is avoidable.

Ex. For example, in a normal indexing service all the documents listed in the issue for a specific month will have been published in the last year or so.

Ex. In summary, accountability has been perceived by some as a threat of sorts.

Ex. Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812 = Koenig ya en 1811 tenía una máquina de presión plana que más o menos funcionaba y un prototipo de máquina rotativa en 1812.

Ex. Estimates of the books currently in print in Britain usually give a number of round about a quarter of a million titles.

Ex. Roughly speaking one-third of book publishers publish only one new book each every six months.

Ex. President Bush estimated the Iraqi civilian death toll at 30,000; give or take a few thousand.

Ex. In hindsight about 350k dollars ( ballpark) turned out to be the magic number.

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= more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take, ballpark

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS stores library files that contain more or less the same information found in manual files in libraries everywhere.

Ex: True, the machine is sometimes controlled by a keyboard, and thought of a sort enters in reading the figures and poking the corresponding keys, but even this is avoidable.

Ex: For example, in a normal indexing service all the documents listed in the issue for a specific month will have been published in the last year or so.

Ex: In summary, accountability has been perceived by some as a threat of sorts.

Ex: Koenig had a flat-platen machine working after a fashion in 1811, and a prototype cylinder machine in 1812 = Koenig ya en 1811 tenía una máquina de presión plana que más o menos funcionaba y un prototipo de máquina rotativa en 1812.

Ex: Estimates of the books currently in print in Britain usually give a number of round about a quarter of a million titles.

Ex: Roughly speaking one-third of book publishers publish only one new book each every six months.

Ex: President Bush estimated the Iraqi civilian death toll at 30,000; give or take a few thousand.

Ex: In hindsight about 350k dollars ( ballpark) turned out to be the magic number.

Spanish-English dictionary > más o menos
15 burlarse de

v.

to make fun of, to flout, to laugh at, to gibe.

Silvia burló a Ricardo Silvia tricked Richard.

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(v.) = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex. America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.

Ex. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English -- it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.

Ex. To find the 'real' identity of documents, one must flout conventions of rationality including the axioms of singularity and actuality.

Ex. Watching Ranald drop a rafter on his head, Marion sneered at herself that these children, this filthy hovel were all that was left to her.

Ex. It's time to stop scoffing at those who worry about the budget deficit.

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(v.) = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex: America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.

Ex: Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English -- it simply means they know another language you probably ignore.

Ex: To find the 'real' identity of documents, one must flout conventions of rationality including the axioms of singularity and actuality.

Ex: Watching Ranald drop a rafter on his head, Marion sneered at herself that these children, this filthy hovel were all that was left to her.

Ex: It's time to stop scoffing at those who worry about the budget deficit.

Spanish-English dictionary > burlarse de
16 manido

adj.

1 trite, hackneyed, cliché.

2 shop-worn, worn.

3 gamey, gamy.

4 full, swarming.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: manir.

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manido

► adjetivo

1 (frase) hackneyed; (tema) stale

2 (objeto) well-worn

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ADJ

1) (=trillado) [tema] trite, stale; [frase] hackneyed

2) (=pasado) [carne] high, gamy; [frutos secos] stale

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- da adjetivo < frase> hackneyed; < tema> stale

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= rank, hackneyed, worn, well-worn, jaded, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.

Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

Ex. It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.

Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex. To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex. Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.

Ex. User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.

Ex. We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.

Ex. This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.

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* composición musical manida = war horse.

* manido, lo = worn, the.

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- da adjetivo < frase> hackneyed; < tema> stale

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= rank, hackneyed, worn, well-worn, jaded, overused [over-used], overworked, stale, timeworn.

Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

Ex: It is the order of words that helps us to distinguish between 'office post' and 'post office' or, to quote the hackneyed example, 'blind Venetian' and 'Venetian blind'.

Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex: To use a well-worn example, the string (2) physiotherapy (6) nurses $h for (6) bibliographies obviously represents a different sense from the similar string (2) physiotherapy (6) bibliographies (6) nurses $h for.

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex: Sustainable agriculture has become a very over-used concept.

Ex: User-friendliness is a much overworked phrase which has been interpreted in different ways by software houses.

Ex: We librarians are already infiltrators into the stale round of our readers' domestic daily life.

Ex: This is in stark contrast to the warped logic and timeworn language to which Lebanon's rulers resorted in the wake of the tragedy.

* composición musical manida = war horse.

* manido, lo = worn, the.

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manido -da

adjective

‹frase› hackneyed; ‹tema› stale

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manido
◊ -da adjetivo ‹ frase› hackneyed;

‹ tema› stale
manido,-a adjetivo well-worn
' manido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gastada
- gastado
- manida
English:
derivative
- hackneyed

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manido, -a adj

un tema muy manido a well-worn o much-discussed topic

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manido

adj fig

clichéd, done to death fam

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manido, -da adj

: hackneyed, stale, trite

Spanish-English dictionary > manido
17 harto

adj.

1 fed-up, satiate, glutted, up to one's ears.

2 fed-up, disgruntled, browned-off, brassed off.

adv.

enough.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: hartar.

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harto

► adjetivo

1 (repleto) full, satiated

2 familiar (cansado) tired (de, of), fed up (de, with)

■ estoy harto de leer I'm tired of reading

3 desuso (bastante) enough

■ hartas dificultades enough difficulties

► adverbio harto

1 desuso (muy) quite, very

■ harto bueno very good

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

¡me tienes harto,-a! I'm fed up with you!

¡ya estoy harto,-a! I'm fed up!, I'm sick and tired of it!

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harto

► adverbio

1 desuso (muy) quite, very

■ harto bueno very good

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(f. - harta)

adj.

1) full

2) fed up

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1. ADJ

1) (=cansado) fed up *

¡ya estamos hartos! — we've had enough!, we're fed up! *

¡me tienes harto! — I'm fed up with you! *

• estar harto de algo/algn — to be tired of sth/sb, be fed up with sth/sb *, be sick of sth/sb *

estaban un poco hartos de tanta publicidad — they were a bit tired of all the publicity, they were a bit fed up with o sick of all the publicity *

está harto de su jefe — he's fed up with o sick of his boss *

• estar harto de hacer algo — to be tired of doing sth, be fed up of doing sth *, be sick of doing sth *

está harto de no tener dinero — he's tired o fed up * o sick of * not having any money

• estar harto de que — + subjun to be fed up with * + ger, be sick of * + ger

estamos hartos de que lleguen siempre tarde — we're tired of o fed up with * o sick of * them arriving late

2) (=lleno)

• harto de algo — stuffed with sth *

3) (=mucho)

a) frm

ocurre con harta frecuencia — it happens very often o very frequently

tienen hartas razones para sentirse ofendidos — they have plenty of reasons to feel offended

b) LAm plenty of, a lot of

usaste harta harina — you used plenty of o a lot of flour

hartos chilenos — plenty of o a lot of Chileans

ha habido hartos accidentes — there have been a lot of o plenty of accidents

2. ADV

1) [con adjetivo]

a) frm very, extremely

una tarea harto difícil — a very difficult task, an extremely difficult task

b) LAm very

llegaron harto cansados — they were very tired when they arrived

2) LAm [con adverbio] very

lo sé harto bien — I know that very well o all too well

3) LAm [con verbo] a lot

te quiero harto — I love you a lot

dormí harto anoche — I slept a lot last night

3.

PRON LAm

hace harto que no lo veo — it's been a long time since I saw him

-¿queda leche? -sí, harta — "is there any milk left?" - "yes, lots"

falta harto para llegar — there's still a long way to go

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I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harto con tantas exigencias — I'm sick o tired of all your demands

harto de algo/alguien — fed up with something/somebody, tired of something/somebody

harto de + inf — tired of -ing, fed up with -ing

estaba harta de que le dijeran eso — she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2) (delante del n) ( mucho)

a) (frml)

con harta frecuencia — very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas — they had many advantages

b) (AmL exc RPl)

te llamé hartas veces — I phoned you lots of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte — he really wants to see you

había harta gente — there were a lot of people
II
adverbio

1) ( modificando un adjetivo)

a) (frml) extremely, very

b) (AmL exc RPl) very

es harto mejor que el hermano — he's much o a lot better than his brother

2) ( modificando un verbo) (AmL exc RPl)

me gustó harto — I really liked it

bailamos harto — we danced a lot
III
- ta pronombre (AmL exc RPl)

tenía harto que hacer — I had an awful lot to do

¿tienes amigos allí? - sí, hartos! — do you have friends there? - yes, lots

* * *

= fed up, jaded.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

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* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* harto de = sick of.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

* * *
I
- ta adjetivo

1)

a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harto con tantas exigencias — I'm sick o tired of all your demands

harto de algo/alguien — fed up with something/somebody, tired of something/somebody

harto de + inf — tired of -ing, fed up with -ing

estaba harta de que le dijeran eso — she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2) (delante del n) ( mucho)

a) (frml)

con harta frecuencia — very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas — they had many advantages

b) (AmL exc RPl)

te llamé hartas veces — I phoned you lots of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte — he really wants to see you

había harta gente — there were a lot of people
II
adverbio

1) ( modificando un adjetivo)

a) (frml) extremely, very

b) (AmL exc RPl) very

es harto mejor que el hermano — he's much o a lot better than his brother

2) ( modificando un verbo) (AmL exc RPl)

me gustó harto — I really liked it

bailamos harto — we danced a lot
III
- ta pronombre (AmL exc RPl)

tenía harto que hacer — I had an awful lot to do

¿tienes amigos allí? - sí, hartos! — do you have friends there? - yes, lots

* * *

= fed up, jaded.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

* estar harto = have had enough.

* estar harto de = be all too familiar with, be sick and tired of.

* harto de = sick of.

* harto de comida = fullfed.

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harto¹ -ta

adjective

A

1 (cansado, aburrido) fed up

me tienes harta con tantas exigencias I'm sick of o tired of o fed up with all your demands, I've had enough of your demands

¡ya estoy harto! I've had enough!

harto DE algo/algn fed up WITH sth/sb, tired OF sth/sb, sick OF sth/sb harto DE + INF tired OF -ING, fed up WITH -ING, sick OF -ING

estoy harto de tener que repetirte todo I'm tired of o fed up with o sick of having to repeat everything I tell you

harto DE QUE + SUBJ:

estaba harta de que le dijeran lo que tenía que hacer she was tired of o fed up with o sick of them telling her what to do

2 (de comida) full, full up ( BrE colloq)

B ( delante del n) (mucho)

1 ( frml):

esto sucede con harta frecuencia this happens very frequently

tenían hartas ventajas they had many advantages

2

( AmL exc RPl): te he llamado hartas veces I've phoned you lots of o ( colloq) loads of times

tiene hartas ganas de verte he really wants to see you, he's dying to see you ( colloq)

había harta gente allí there were a lot of o ( colloq) loads of people there

harto²

adverb

A (modificando un adjetivo)

1 ( frml); extremely, very

una doctrina harto peligrosa an extremely o a very o a highly dangerous doctrine

una tarea harto difícil an extremely o a very difficult task

2 ( AmL exc RPl) very

tiene una nariz harto grande she has a very big nose

es harto mejor que el hermano he's much o a lot o ( colloq) miles better than his brother

para serte harto franca to be quite frank with you

B

(modificando un verbo) ( AmL exc RPl): me gustó harto la película I really liked the movie, I thought the movie was great ( colloq)

bailamos harto we danced a lot

me divertí harto con él I had a great time with him

harto³ -ta

pronoun

( AmL exc RPl): tenía harto que hacer I had an awful lot to do, I had loads to do ( colloq)

¿tienes amigos allí? — ¡sí, hartos! do you have friends there? — yes, lots o loads ( colloq)

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Del verbo hartar: ( conjugate hartar)

harto es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

hartó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
hartar
harto
hartar ( conjugate hartar) verbo transitivo
1 (cansar, fastidiar):
◊ me hartó con sus quejas I got tired of his complaints

2 (fam) ( llenar): nos hartaban a or de sopa they fed us on nothing but soup;
◊ lo hartoon a palos they gave him a real beating

hartarse verbo pronominal
1 (cansarse, aburrirse) to get fed up;
hartose de algo/algn to get tired o sick of sth/sb, get fed up with sth/sb;
hartose de hacer algo to get tired o sick of doing sth, get fed up with doing sth
2 ( llenarse): hartose (de algo) to gorge oneself (on sth), to stuff oneself (with sth) (colloq)
harto 1
◊ -ta adjetivo

1
a) (cansado, aburrido) fed up;

harto de algo/algn fed up with sth/sb, tired of sth/sb;
harto de hacer algo tired of doing sth, fed up with doing sth;
◊ estaba harta de que le dijeran eso she was tired of o fed up with them telling her that

b) ( de comida) full

2 ( delante del n) ( mucho) (AmL exc RPl):
◊ te llamé hartas veces I phoned you lots of times;

tiene hartas ganas de verte he really wants to see you
■ pronombre (AmL exc RPl):
◊ tenía harto que hacer I had an awful lot to do;

¿tienes amigos allí? — ¡sí, hartos! do you have friends there? — yes, lots
harto 2 adverbio
a) (AmL exc RPl) ( modificando un adjetivo) very;

◊ es harto mejor que el hermano he's much o a lot better than his brother

b) ( modificando un verbo):

◊ me gustó harto I really liked it;

bailamos harto we danced a lot
hartar verbo transitivo
1 (molestar, cansar) to annoy: la escuché hasta que me hartó con tanto reproche, I listened to her until I got sick of hearing so much criticism
2 (saciar) to satiate
3 (dar en abundancia) to overwhelm [de, with]: me hartaron de comida, they made me eat too much
harto,-a
I adjetivo
1 (de comida) full
2 (hastiado, aburrido) fed up: ¡me tiene harto!, I'm fed up with him!
estoy harto de decírtelo, I'm fed up with telling you
II adv frml (muy) very: es harto difícil que ganemos, it's going to be hard for us to win
' harto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ahíta
- ahíto
- amargada
- amargado
- cansada
- cansado
- enferma
- enfermo
- frita
- frito
- harta
- hartar
- hartarse
- quemada
- quemado
- satisfecha
- satisfecho
- torear
- aburrido
- podrido
English:
brassed off
- cheese off
- enough
- fed
- fill
- play along
- sick
- tired
- weary
- dare
- ditto
- thing
- whole

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harto, -a

♦ adj

1. [de comida] full;

estoy harto de dulces I've had enough sweet things;

Comp
Esp Fam
ni harto de vino: ése no ayuda a nadie ni harto de vino he wouldn't help you if you were drowning;

no le dejaría mi coche ni harto de vino I wouldn't lend him my car in a million years

2. [cansado] tired (de of), fed up (de with);
estoy harto de mi jefe I'm sick of my boss;

estoy harto de repetirte que cierres la puerta I'm sick and tired of telling you to shut the door;

me tiene harto con el piano I'm fed up of o with her and her piano;

empiezo a estar un poco harto de sus quejas I'm starting to get rather tired of o fed up with his complaints

3. Am salvo RP [mucho] a lot of, lots of;

tiene harto dinero she has a lot of o lots of money;

de este aeropuerto salen hartos aviones a lot of o lots of planes fly from this airport

♦ adv

1. Esp Formal [muy] extremely;

es harto frecuente it's extremely common;

el examen fue harto difícil the exam was extremely difficult

2. Am salvo RP [muy] very, really;
[mucho] a lot, very much;
es harto grande it's very o really big;

nos cansamos harto we got really tired;

te quiero harto I love you very much

♦ pron
Am salvo RP [mucho]
¿tiene muchos muebles? – hartos does she have a lot of furniture? – yes, she's got loads;

sabes harto que te quiero you know perfectly well that I love you

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harto

I adj

1 fed up fam ;

estar harto de algo be sick of sth fam, be fed up with sth fam

2 ( lleno) full (up)

3

:

había hartos pasteles there were cakes in abundance

II adv very much; delante del adjetivo extremely;

me gusta harto L.Am. I like it a lot;

hace harto frío L.Am. it’s very cold

* * *

harto adv

: most, extremely, very

harto, -ta adj

1) : full, satiated

2) : fed up

* * *

harto adj

1. (en general) fed up

estoy harto de esto I'm fed up with this

me tienes harto con tus tonterías I'm fed up with your nonsense

2. (de comida) full up

Spanish-English dictionary > harto
18 hastiado

adj.

weary, bored, blasé, tired.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: hastiar.

* * *

hastiado

► participio pasado

1→ link=hastiar hastiar

► adjetivo

1 disgusted (de, with), sick (de, of)

* * *

= sated, fed up, jaded, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.].

Ex. This article portrays archivists on the one hand as conscientious and orderly preservers of history, on the other as sated pragmatists who have lost their idealism.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex. Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

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* hastiado de la recesión económica = recession-weary.

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= sated, fed up, jaded, weary [wearier -comp., weariest -sup.].

Ex: This article portrays archivists on the one hand as conscientious and orderly preservers of history, on the other as sated pragmatists who have lost their idealism.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Tough luck: To be a professional sport climber in America probably means you're broke, fed up and still no match for the foreign competition'.

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Ex: Humanity is returning to the downsized, reengineered, total quality management weary business world.

* hastiado de la recesión económica = recession-weary.

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Del verbo hastiar: ( conjugate hastiar)

hastiado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
hastiado
hastiar
hastiado,-a adjetivo sick, tired [de, of]
hastiar verbo transitivo to bore, sicken, disgust
' hastiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aburrida
- aburrido
- ahíta
- ahíto
- cansada
- cansado
- harta
- harto
- hastiada
- hastiarse
English:
jaded

Spanish-English dictionary > hastiado
19 poner en ridículo

(v.) = poke + fun at

Ex. He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

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(v.) = poke + fun at

Ex: He is notorious for poking fun at those who advance jaded, esoteric ideas about the importance of studying classical languages.

Spanish-English dictionary > poner en ridículo
20 andar

m.

1 gait, walk.

andares gait (de persona)

tener andares de to walk like

2 way of walking, walking, gait, pace.

v.

1 to walk (caminar). (especially peninsular Spanish)

¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?

andar por la calle to walk in the street

Ricardo anduvo por las calles Richard walked along the streets.

María anduvo el muelle Mary walked the dock.

2 to work, to go.

el reloj no anda the clock has stopped

las cosas andan mal things are going badly

los negocios andan muy bien business is going very well

El motor anda bien The engine is working well.

3 to be.

¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?

andar preocupado to be worried

creo que anda por el almacén I think he is somewhere in the warehouse

andar haciendo algo to be doing something

anda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventures

andar tras algo/alguien to be after something/somebody

de andar por casa basic, rough and ready (explicación, método)

mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the house

Anda triste He is sad.

Ella anda visitando a su prima She is visiting her cousin.

4 to go, to travel.

anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometers

5 to wear. ( Central American Spanish)

6 to carry. ( Central American Spanish)

7 to have, to be using.

Anda una pistola He has a gun.

8 to be wearing, to wear.

Anda una bonita corbata He is wearing a nice tie.

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ANDAR

CONJUGACIÓN

Past Indicative

anduve, anduviste, anduvo, anduvimos, anduvisteis, anduvieron.

Imperfect Subjunctive

anduviera, anduvieras, anduviera, anduviéramos, anduvierais, anduvieran;

anduviese, anduvieses, anduviese, anduviésemos, anduvieseis, anduviesen.

Future Subjunctive

anduviere, anduvieres, anduviere, anduviéremos, anduviereis, anduvieren.

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1. verb
1) to walk

2) function, work, run

•

- andar tras
2. noun m.
walk

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1. VI

1) (=ir a pie) to walk; (=moverse) to move; (=viajar) to travel around

iremos andando a la estación — we'll walk to the station

vinimos andando — we walked here, we came on foot

el tren empezó a andar — the train started moving

la máquina empezó a andar — the machine started up

anduvieron por Jamaica y Cuba — they travelled around Jamaica and Cuba

• andar a caballo — to ride

• andar tras algo/algn — to be after sth/sb

andar tras una chica — to be o chase after a girl

2) (=funcionar) to go, work

el reloj no anda — the clock won't go, the clock isn't working

el reloj anda bien — the clock keeps good time

¿cómo anda esto? — how does this work?

3) * (=estar) to be

no sé por dónde anda — I don't know where he is

anda por aquí — it's around here somewhere

seguro que ese anda por Brasil — he's bound to be somewhere in Brazil

andar alegre — to be o feel cheerful

hay que andar con cuidado — you have to be careful

últimamente ando muy liado — I've been very busy lately

andar bien de salud — to be well, be in good health

andamos mal de dinero — we're badly off for money, we're short of money

¿cómo andan las cosas? — how are things?

¿cómo anda eso? — how are things going?

¿qué tal andas? — how are you?

¿cómo andas de tabaco? — how are you off for cigarettes?

ando escaso de tiempo — I am pushed for time

• de andar por casa, ropa de andar por casa — clothes for wearing around the house

un montaje muy de andar por casa — a rough-and-ready production

justicia de andar por casa — rough-and-ready justice

- andan como Pedro por su casa

- quien mal anda, mal acaba

4) (=rebuscar)

¡no andes ahí! — keep away from there!

andar en — to rummage around in

han estado andando en el armario — they've been rummaging around in the cupboard

no andes en mis cosas — keep out of my things

5)

• andar a, siempre andan a gritos — they're always shouting

andan a la greña o a la gresca — they're at each other's throats

6)

• andar con algn — to go around with sb

anda con una chica francesa — he goes around with a French girl

- dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres

7)

• andar en — (=estar implicado en) to be involved in

andar en pleitos — to be engaged o involved in lawsuits

anda en la droga — he's involved with drugs

sospecho que anda en ello Rosa — I suspect Rosa is involved

¿en qué andas? — what are you up to?

8)

• andar haciendo algo — to be doing sth

¿qué andas buscando? — what are you looking for?

ando buscando un socio — I'm looking for a partner

no andes criticándolo todo el tiempo — stop criticizing him all the time

9)

• andar por (=rondar) —

anda por los 50 — he's about 50

el pueblo anda por los 1.000 habitantes — the village has about 1,000 inhabitants

anda por los 700 euros — it's around 700 euros

10)

andando el tiempo —

un niño que, andando el tiempo, sería rey — a child who, in time, would become king

andando el tiempo la pena de muerte desaparecerá — the death penalty will eventually disappear

11) [exclamaciones]

¡anda! — (=¡no me digas!) well I never!; (=¡vamos!) come on!

¡anda!, no lo sabía — well I never, I didn't know that!

anda, dímelo — go on, tell me

anda, no me molestes — just stop annoying me, will you?

anda, no te lo tomes tan a pecho — come on, there's no need to take it to heart like that

¡anda, anda! — come on!

¡ándale (pues)! — Méx * (=apúrese) come on!, hurry up!; (=adiós) cheerio!; (=gracias) thanks!; [encontrando algo] that's it!

¡andando! — right, let's get on with it!

andando, que todavía hay mucho que hacer — let's get moving, there's still a lot to do

• ¡anda ya!, anda ya, no nos vengas con esnobismos — come on, don't be such a snob

-dile que te gusta -¡anda ya, para que me suba el precio! — "tell her you like it" - "oh sure, so she can charge me more!"

2. VT

1) (=recorrer a pie) [+ trecho] to walk

anduvimos varios kilómetros — we walked several kilometres

me conocía muy bien el camino por haberlo andado varias veces — I knew the path very well, as I'd been down o walked it several times before

2) LAm (=llevar) [+ ropa] to wear; [+ objeto] to carry

yo no ando reloj — I don't wear a watch

3.

See:

andarse

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I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk

la niña ya anda — the little girl's already walking

¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?

a poco andar — (Chi) before long

b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to go

anda a comprar el periódico — go and buy the newspaper

andá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)

c) (AmL)

andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)

2) (marchar, funcionar) to work

el coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream

3) (+ compl)

a) ( estar) to be

¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)

no anda bien de salud — he isn't well

siempre anda con prisas — he's always in a hurry

¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?

anda en América — he's in America

¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

andar + ger — to be -ing

anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight

lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him

quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end

b)

andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres — a man is known by the company he keeps

4) ( rondar)

andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60

5)

andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something

anda detrás de tu dinero — he's after your money

andan tras la fama — they are looking for fame

6)

a)

andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something

no me gusta que andes con cuchillos — I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives

b) ( revolver)

andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something

7) ( en exclamaciones)

a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)

anda! qué casualidad! — good heavens! what a coincidence!

anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!

anda ya! eso es imposible! — go on! that's impossible! (colloq)

b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)

anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!

anda! se me ha vuelto a olvidar! — damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)

c) ( instando a hacer algo)

préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!

ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)

andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!
2.
andar vt

1) ( caminar) to walk

he andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)

2) (AmC) ( llevar)

no ando dinero — I don't have any money on me

siempre ando shorts — I always go around in o wear shorts
3.
andarse v pron

1)

andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful

2) (en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse)

ándate de aquí — get out of here

ándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)
II
masculino, andares masculino plural gait, walk

de andar pausado — with an unhurried gait

tiene andares de princesa — she has the bearing of a princess (frml)

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= tread, walking.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex. E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.

Ex. Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.

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* andando = on foot.

* andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.

* andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.

* andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.

* andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.

* andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).

* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).

* andar a traspiés = stumble.

* andar a tropezones = stumble.

* andar a zancadas = stride.

* andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.

* andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.

* andar con = be in with.

* andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.

* andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.

* andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.

* andar con pesadez = trudge.

* andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.

* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.

* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.

* andar de prisa = patter.

* andar de puntillas = tiptoe.

* andar despacio = saunter.

* andar de un lado para otro = pace.

* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.

* andar encorbado = slouch.

* andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.

* andar escaso de = be short of.

* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.

* andar escondido = abscond.

* andar falto de = be short of.

* andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.

* andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.

* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.

* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.

* andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.

* andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.

* andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.

* andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.

* andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.

* andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.

* andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.

* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.

* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.

* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.

* andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].

* andar sin prisa = mosey.

* andar suavemente = pad.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.

* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.

* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* echar a andar = implement, leg it.

* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.

* el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.

* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.

* llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.

* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.

* modo de andar = gait.

* no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.

* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.

* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.

* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.

* * *
I 1.
verbo intransitivo

1)

a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk

la niña ya anda — the little girl's already walking

¿has venido andando? — did you come on foot?, did you walk?

a poco andar — (Chi) before long

b) (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to go

anda a comprar el periódico — go and buy the newspaper

andá a pasear (RPl fam) — get lost! (colloq)

c) (AmL)

andar a caballo/en bicicleta — to ride (a horse/a bicycle)

2) (marchar, funcionar) to work

el coche anda de maravilla — the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream

3) (+ compl)

a) ( estar) to be

¿cómo andas? — how are you?, how's it going? (colloq)

no anda bien de salud — he isn't well

siempre anda con prisas — he's always in a hurry

¿quién anda ahí? — who's there?

anda en América — he's in America

¿cómo andamos de tiempo? — how are we doing for time?

andar + ger — to be -ing

anda buscando pelea — he's out for o he's looking for a fight

lo andan buscando — they are looking for him o (colloq) are after him

quien mal anda, mal acaba — if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end

b)

andar con alguien — ( juntarse) to mix with somebody; ( salir con) to go out with somebody

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres — a man is known by the company he keeps

4) ( rondar)

andar por algo: andará por los 60 (años) — he must be around o about 60

5)

andar detrás de or tras alguien/algo — (buscar, perseguir) to be after somebody/something

anda detrás de tu dinero — he's after your money

andan tras la fama — they are looking for fame

6)

a)

andar con algo — (esp AmL fam) con revólver/dinero to carry something; con traje/sombrero to wear something

no me gusta que andes con cuchillos — I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives

b) ( revolver)

andar en algo — to rummage o poke around in something

7) ( en exclamaciones)

a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad)

anda! qué casualidad! — good heavens! what a coincidence!

anda! mira quién está aquí! — well, well! look who's here!

anda ya! eso es imposible! — go on! that's impossible! (colloq)

b) (expresando irritación, rechazo)

anda! déjame en paz! — oh, leave me alone!

anda! se me ha vuelto a olvidar! — damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)

c) ( instando a hacer algo)

préstamelo, anda — go on, lend it to me!

ándale, no seas sacón — (Méx fam) go on, don't be chicken (colloq)

andando, que se hace tarde! — let's get a move on, it's getting late!
2.
andar vt

1) ( caminar) to walk

he andado muchos caminos — (liter) I have trodden many paths (liter)

2) (AmC) ( llevar)

no ando dinero — I don't have any money on me

siempre ando shorts — I always go around in o wear shorts
3.
andarse v pron

1)

andarse con algo: ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke; ándate con cuidado — take care, be careful

2) (en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse)

ándate de aquí — get out of here

ándate luego — get going o get a move on (colloq)
II
masculino, andares masculino plural gait, walk

de andar pausado — with an unhurried gait

tiene andares de princesa — she has the bearing of a princess (frml)

* * *

= tread, walking.

Nota: Nombre.

Ex: E. M. Forster fashions a homoerotic subjectivity in his novel 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'.

Ex: Some physiotherapists argue that baby walkers delay independent walking, and encourage abnormal gait and posture, and urge toy libraries to exclude them from their provision.

* andando = on foot.

* andar a caballo entre... y = tread + the line between... and.

* andar a la caza de = tout for, gun for.

* andar al antojo de Uno = roam + freely.

* andar apurado de dinero = be strapped for + cash.

* andar a tientas = kiss + in the dark, grope (for/toward).

* andar a tientas y a ciegas = grope (for/toward).

* andar a traspiés = stumble.

* andar a tropezones = stumble.

* andar a zancadas = stride.

* andar camino trillado = tread + well-worn ground.

* andar como un reloj = fit as a fiddle.

* andar con = be in with.

* andar con arrogancia = swagger, strut.

* andar con cuidado = tread + lightly, tread + softly, tread + carefully.

* andar con los hombros caídos = slouch.

* andar con pesadez = trudge.

* andar con pies de plomo = tread + warily.

* andar de arriba para abajo = pace.

* andar de boca en boca = be the talk of the town.

* andar de prisa = patter.

* andar de puntillas = tiptoe.

* andar despacio = saunter.

* andar de un lado para otro = pace.

* andar de un modo pausado = stroll + at a leisurely pace.

* andar encorbado = slouch.

* andar encorbado, encorbarse, andar con los hombros caídos, sentarse encorbad = slouch.

* andar escaso de = be short of.

* andar escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash.

* andar escondido = abscond.

* andar falto de = be short of.

* andar falto de dinero = be strapped for + cash.

* andar mal = feel under + the weather, be under the weather.

* andar (muy) apurado de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) apurado de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) corto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) corto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar (muy) falto de dinero = be (hard) pressed for + money.

* andar (muy) falto de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time.

* andar perdido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* andar pisando fuerte = go from + strength to strength, make + a big impact.

* andar pisando huevos = drag + Posesivo + feet, drag + Posesivo + heels.

* andar por = move about, walk (a)round, hike.

* andar por ahí = go + (a)round, be out and about, get out and about.

* andar por la cuerda floja = walk + the tight wire, walk + the tightrope.

* andar por los cuarenta = be fortyish.

* andar por los treinta = be thirtyish.

* andar por terreno peligroso = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.

* andar por terreno resbaladizo = skate + on thin ice, tread on + dangerous ground.

* andarse con cuidado = tread with + care.

* andarse con dilaciones = procrastinate.

* andarse con mucho cuidado = tread + the thin line between... and.

* andarse con mucho ojo = keep + Posesivo + eyes peeled, keep + Posesivo + eyes skinned, keep + Posesivo + eyes (wide) open.

* andarse con pies de plomo = walk on + eggshells.

* andarse con rodeos = mince + words, go round in + circles, beat about/around + the bush.

* andarse por las ramas = mince + words.

* andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].

* andar sin prisa = mosey.

* andar suavemente = pad.

* andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* ande yo caliente, ríase la gente = cry all the way to the bank, laugh all the way to the bank.

* a poca distancia andando = within walking distance, within an easy walk.

* a pocos minutos andando = within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

* bebé que empieza a andar = toddler.

* conducir o andar con cuidado debido a la dificultad existente = navigate.

* dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres = you are known by the company you keep.

* echar a andar = implement, leg it.

* edad en la que un niño aprende a andar = toddlerhood.

* el camino se hace andando = actions speak louder than words.

* el movimiento se demuestra andando = actions speak louder than words.

* llegar andando pausadamente = stroll into + view.

* máquina de andar o correr estática = treadmill.

* modo de andar = gait.

* no andar con reparos = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no andar con tapujos = make + no bones about + Algo.

* no andar en nada bueno = be up to no good, get up to + no good.

* no andar muy equivocado = be in the right realm.

* no andarse con rodeos = call + a spade a spade.

* raqueta de andar por la nieve = snowshoe.

* si se parece a un pato, anda como un pato y grazna como un pato, entonces es = If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck.

* * *

andar¹ [ A24 ]

vi

A

1 ( esp Esp) (caminar) to walk

la niña ya anda the little girl's already walking

anda encorvado he stoops, he walks with a stoop

el perrito venía andando detrás de ella the little dog was coming along o walking along behind her

se acercó andando de puntillas she tiptoed up to him, she went up to him on tiptoes

¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?

a poco andar ( Chi); before long

2 (Col, CS, Ven) (ir) to go

anda a comprar el periódico go and buy the newspaper

anduvo de aquí para allá intentando encontrarla he went all over the place trying to find her

andá a pasear ( fam) or ( vulg) a la mierda ( RPl) get lost! ( colloq), go to hell! (sl), piss off! ( BrE sl)

3

( AmL) (montar): no sé andar a caballo I can't ride a horse

fue a andar a caballo al parque she went horseriding o riding in the park

los domingos salen a andar en bicicleta they go cycling on Sundays, they go for bike rides on Sundays ( colloq)

está aprendiendo a andar en bicicleta she's learning to ride a bicycle

gata f B. (↑ gata)

B (marchar, funcionar) to work

el tocadiscos no anda the record player's not working

el coche anda de maravilla the car's running o ( BrE) going like a dream

C (+ compl)

1 (estar) to be

¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? ( colloq), how are things? ( colloq), what's up? ( AmE colloq)

¿cómo andas de calcetines? how are you for o ( BrE) how are you off for socks?

¿cómo andamos de tiempo? how are we doing for time?

no anda muy bien de salud he isn't very well

ando enfermo I'm ill

anda un poco tristón he's (looking) a bit gloomy

siempre anda con prisas he's always in a hurry

anda siempre muy arregladita she's always very well turned-out

no andes descalza don't walk o go around without your shoes on

¿quién anda ahí? who's there?

¿y Manolo? — creo que anda por América what about Manolo? — I think he's in America somewhere

¿dónde andan mis calcetines? where have my socks got(ten) o gone to? ( colloq), what's happened to my socks?

andar + GER to be -ING

anda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fight

la policía lo anda buscando the police are looking for him o ( colloq) are after him

quien mal anda, mal acaba if you live like that, you're bound to come to a bad end

2 (juntarse) andar CON algn to mix WITH sb

no me gusta la gente con la que andas I don't like the people you're mixing with o ( colloq) you're hanging around with

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres you can tell a man o a man is known by the company he keeps

3

(salir con): andar CON algn to go out WITH sb

D (rondar) andar POR algo:

andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60

E andar DETRáS DE or TRAS algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be AFTER sb/sth

ese sólo anda detrás de tu dinero he's only after your money

andan tras la fama y la riqueza they are looking for o ( colloq) they are out for fame and fortune

F

1 ( fam) andar CON algo (llevar) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth; ‹contraje/sombrero› to wear sth

sabes que no me gusta que andes con cuchillos you know I don't like you playing with o messing around with knives

2 (revolver) andar EN algo to rummage o poke o ferret around IN sth

no me andes en el bolso don't go rummaging o poking o ferreting around in my bag

G (en exclamaciones)

1

(expresando sorpresa, incredulidad): ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! well! o good heavens! o good grief! what a coincidence!

¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! o hey! look who's here!

¡anda ya! ¡eso es imposible! go on! o ( BrE) get away with you! that's impossible! ( colloq)

2

(expresando irritación, rechazo): ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!

¡anda! no me vengas con excusas come on! o come off it! I don't want to hear your excuses ( colloq)

¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! ( colloq)

3

(instando a hacer algo): préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!

anda, déjate de tonterías come on, stop being silly!

ándale, no seas sacón ( Méx fam); go on, don't be chicken ( colloq)

¡anda! or ( Méx) ¡ándale! or ( Col) ¡ándele! que llegamos tarde come on o get a move on o let's get moving, we'll be late! ( colloq)

¡vamos, andando, que se hace tarde! come on, let's get a move on, it's getting late!

■ andar

vt

A (caminar) to walk

tuvimos que andar un buen trecho we had to walk a fair distance

he andado muchos caminos ( liter); I have trodden many paths ( liter)

B

( AmC) (llevar): no ando dinero I don't have any money on me

siempre ando shorts en casa I always go around in o wear shorts at home

■ andarse

v pron

A andarse CON algo:

ése no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke around o not one for jokes

ándate con cuidado take care, be careful

rodeo, rama

B ( en imperativo)

( AmL) (irse): ándate de aquí inmediatamente get out of here this minute

ándate luego, no vayas a llegar tarde get going o get a move on, otherwise you'll be late ( colloq)

andar²

masculine

A (modo de andar) gait, walk

un viejo de andar pausado an old man with an unhurried gait o walk

tiene andares de princesa she walks like a princess, she has the bearing o deportment of a princess ( frml)

B andares mpl

1 (viajes) travels (pl)

en mis andares por Sudamérica on my travels through South America

2 (aventuras) adventures (pl)

* * *

andar 1 ( conjugate andar) verbo intransitivo
1
a) (esp Esp) ( caminar) to walk;

◊ ¿has venido andando? did you come on foot?, did you walk?

b) (AmL):

◊ andar a caballo/en bicicleta to ride (a horse/a bicycle)

c) ( en imperativo) (AmS) (ir) to go;

◊ anda a comprar el periódico go and buy the newspaper

2 (marchar, funcionar) to work;
◊ el coche anda de maravilla the car's running o (BrE) going like a dream

3 (+ compl)
a) ( estar) to be;

◊ ¿cómo andas? how are you?, how's it going? (colloq);

¿quién anda por ahí? who's there?;
anda en Londres he's in London;
anda buscando pelea he's out for o he's looking for a fight;
me anda molestando (AmL fam) he keeps bothering me
b) andar con algn ( juntarse) to mix with sb;

( salir con) to go out with sb;
◊ dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres a man is known by the company he keeps

c) andar detrás de or tras algn/algo (buscar, perseguir) to be after sb/sth

4 ( rondar):
◊ andará por los 60 (años) he must be around o about 60

5 andar con algo (esp AmL fam) ‹con revólver/dinero› to carry sth;
‹con traje/sombrero› to wear sth
6 ( en exclamaciones)
a) (expresando sorpresa, incredulidad):

◊ ¡anda! ¡qué casualidad! good heavens! what a coincidence!;

¡anda! ¡mira quién está aquí! well, well! look who's here!
b) (expresando irritación, rechazo):

◊ ¡anda! ¡déjame en paz! oh, leave me alone!;

¡anda! ¡se me ha vuelto a olvidar! damn! I've forgotten it again! (colloq)
c) ( instando a hacer algo):

◊ préstamelo, anda go on, lend it to me!;

¡ándale (Méx) or (Col) ándele que llegames tarde! come on, we'll be late! (colloq)
verbo transitivo
1 ( caminar) to walk
2 (AmC) ( llevar):
◊ no ando dinero I don't have any money on me;

siempre ando shorts I always wear shorts
andarse verbo pronominal
1 andarse con algo:
◊ ese no se anda con bromas he's not one to joke;

ándate con cuidado take care, be careful
2 ( en imperativo) (AmL) ( irse):
◊ ándate de aquí get out of here;

ándate luego get going, get a move on (colloq)
andar 2 sustantivo masculino,
◊ andares sustantivo masculino plural

gait, walk
andar
I verbo intransitivo
1 to walk
2 (moverse) to move
3 (funcionar) to work: este reloj no anda bien, this clock doesn't keep good time
4 (aproximarse a una cantidad) andará por los cincuenta, she's about fifty
5 (realizar una acción: + gerundio) anda contando por ahí tu vida y milagros, he's telling everybody all about you
6 (estar) ¿cómo andamos de tiempo?, how are we off for time?
tus llaves tienen que andar por casa, your keys must be somewhere in the house
7 (llevar consigo) LAm to have on, to carry/take with oneself: la llave la andaba con él a todas partes, he carried the key with him everywhere he went
II vtr (recorrer) to walk: andaré el tortuoso camino que lleva a tu casa, I'll walk the winding road that leads to your door
andar m, andares mpl walk sing, gait sing

' andar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andares
- bicicleta
- boca
- casa
- cien
- dinero
- echar
- escasa
- escaso
- gatas
- greña
- holgada
- holgado
- juego
- peculiar
- puntilla
- reconocer
- soltarse
- tienta
- torpe
- torpeza
- anduve
- bien
- caballo
- caminar
- cojo
- compañía
- corto
- descaminado
- desgarbado
- gata
- gatear
- mal
- nube
- ojo
- paso
English:
ambulatory
- badly
- barefoot
- blunder
- bustle
- crawl
- down
- drag
- even
- gait
- grope
- heavily
- large
- loose
- mooch
- mope about
- mope around
- move about
- move around
- pad about
- pad around
- pick
- plod
- pound
- prance
- pressed
- pussyfoot
- run
- scramble
- short
- slouch
- slouch about
- slouch around
- slow
- stall
- steadily
- stoop
- stride
- tiptoe
- toddler
- tout
- tramp
- trek
- trip along
- upright
- waddle
- walk
- walking pace
- walking shoes
- blink

* * *

andar

♦ vi

1. esp Esp [caminar] to walk;
[moverse] to move;
¿fuiste en autobús o andando? did you go by bus or on foot?, did you go by bus or did you walk?;

andar por la calle to walk in the street;

andar deprisa/despacio to walk quickly/slowly;

andar a gatas to crawl;

andar de puntillas to tiptoe

Comp

todo se andará all in good time

2. [funcionar] to work, to go;

la nueva moto anda estupendamente the new motorbike is running superbly;

el reloj no anda the clock has stopped;

las cosas andan mal things are going badly;

los negocios andan muy bien business is going very well

3. [estar] to be;

¿qué tal andas? how are you (doing)?;

no sabía que habían operado a tu padre – ¿qué tal anda? I didn't know your father had had an operation, how is he (getting on o doing)?;

¿dónde anda tu hermano? no lo he visto desde hace meses what's your brother up to these days? I haven't seen him for months;

creo que anda por el almacén I think he's somewhere in the warehouse;

andar en boca de todos to be on everyone's lips;

desde que tiene novia, andar muy contento ever since he got a girlfriend he's been very happy;

ando muy ocupado I'm very busy at the moment;

¿cómo andas de dinero? how are you (off) for money?;

andamos muy mal de dinero we're very short of money, we're very badly off for money;

¡date prisa, que andamos muy mal de tiempo! hurry up, we haven't got much time!, hurry up, we're late!;

andar detrás de o [m5]tras algo/alguien to be after sth/sb;

Comp

de andar por casa [explicación, método] basic, rough and ready;

mi ropa de andar por casa my clothes for wearing around the house;

hice un apaño de andar por casa y ya funciona I patched it up myself and it works again now;

Prov

ande yo caliente, ríase la gente I'm quite happy, I don't care what other people think;

Prov

quien mal anda mal acaba everyone gets their just deserts

4. [ocuparse]
andar en [asuntos, líos] to be involved in;
[papeleos, negocios] to be busy with;
anda metido en pleitos desde el accidente ever since the accident he's been busy fighting legal battles

5. [hurgar]
andar en to rummage around in;

¿quién ha andado en mis papeles? who has been messing around with my papers?

6. [indica acción]
andar haciendo algo to be doing sth;

con esa chulería, David anda buscándose problemas David's asking for trouble, always being so cocky;

en ese país andan a tiros in that country they go round shooting one another;

andan a voces todo el día they spend the whole day shouting at each other;

anda echando broncas a todos he's going round telling everybody off;

anda explicando sus aventuras he's talking about his adventures;

Comp

andar a vueltas con algo to be having trouble with sth;

Comp
RP
¡andá a saber! who knows!

7. [ir]
andar con alguien to go around o round with sb;

anda por ahí con una jovencita he's running around with a young girl;

anda con gente muy poco recomendable she mixes with o goes around with a very undesirable crowd;

Prov

dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres birds of a feather flock together

8.
andar por [alcanzar, rondar] to be about;

anda por los sesenta he's about sixty;

debe de andar por el medio millón it must be o cost about half a million

9. Fam [enredar]
andar con algo to play with sth

♦ vt

1. [recorrer] to go, to travel;

anduvimos 15 kilómetros we walked (for) 15 kilometres

2. CAm [llevar puesto] to wear

3. CAm [llevar] to carry

♦ nm

1. [modo de caminar] gait, walk;

andares [de persona] gait;

tiene andares de modelo she walks like a model

2. [transcurso]
con el andar del tiempo, comprenderás todo mejor you'll understand everything better with the passing of time

♦ See also the pronominal verb andarse

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andar

I v/i

1 ( caminar) walk;

andando on foot;

¡andando! come on!, move it! fam

2 ( funcionar) work

3

:

andar alegre/triste be happy/sad;

andar bien/mal do well/badly;

andar bien/mal de algo have a lot of/be short of sth;

andar con cuidado be careful;

andar con alguien mix with s.o., hang out with s.o. fam ;

andar en algo ( buscar) rummage in sth;

andar en el cajón rummage around in the drawer;

andar en o

por los 30 años be around 30;

andar tras algo be after sth fam ;

andar haciendo algo be doing sth;

andar a golpes, andar a palos be always fighting;

andar a una work together;

¡anda! sorpresa wow!; incredulidad come on!

II v/t walk

III m

:

andares gait, walk

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andar {6} vi

1) caminar: to walk

2) ir: to go, to travel

3) funcionar: to run, to function

el auto anda bien: the car runs well

4) : to ride

andar a caballo: to ride on horseback

5) : to be

anda sin dinero: he's broke

andar vt

: to walk, to travel

andar nm

: walk, gait

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andar vb

1. (caminar) to walk

andaba por la calle I was walking down the street

se fue a casa andando she walked home

2. (moverse) to go

las motos acuáticas andan por el agua jet skis go on the water

3. (funcionar) to work / to go

no me anda el reloj my watch isn't working

su nuevo coche anda muy bien his new car goes like a dream

4. (estar) to be

¿cómo andas? how are you?

¿cómo andas de tu resfriado? how's your cold?

¿por dónde anda Enrique? where's Enrique?

¿quién anda por ahí? who's there?

anda despistado he's absent minded

andas equivocado you're wrong

andar por to be about

anda por los cuarenta she's about forty

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