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1 popular
adj.1 popular (del pueblo) (creencia, movimiento, revuelta).la voluntad popular the will of the people2 popular (famoso aceptado).hacerse popular to catch onf.Popular, Popular Inc.* * *► adjetivo1 (del pueblo) traditional2 (muy conocido) popular* * *adj.1) popular2) folk* * *ADJ1) (=del pueblo) [cultura, levantamiento] popular; [música] popular, folk antes de s ; [tradiciones] popular, folk antes de s ; [lenguaje] popular, colloquial2) (=de clase obrera)un barrio popular — a working-class neighbourhood o (EEUU) neighborhood
3) (=muy conocido) popular* * *1)a) <cultura/tradiciones> popular (before n); <canción/baile> traditional, folk (before n); < costumbres> traditionalb) (Pol) <movimiento/rebelión> popular (before n)2) ( que gusta) <actor/programa/deporte> popular3) < lenguaje> colloquial* * *= folkloristic, popular, demotic, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, folkloric, grassroots [grass-roots], high selling.Ex. The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.Ex. Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.Ex. Without language, the basic and demotic tool, no one would have a chance.Ex. The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.Ex. The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.Ex. Such recordings often originate in field work and are ethnomusicological, ethnolinguistic or folkloric in content.Ex. For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.Ex. Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.----* acción popular = class action, class action suit.* a petición popular = by popular demand.* arte popular = folk art.* canción popular = popular song.* costumbre popular = folkway.* creencia popular = urban legend, popular belief.* cuento popular = folk tale.* cultura popular = public culture.* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].* dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.* demanda popular = public demand.* dicho popular = saying, familiar saying, saw.* hacer popular = popularise [popularize, -USA].* hacerse popular = catch on.* impopular = unpopular.* lista de más populares = chart.* mito popular = popular myth, urban legend, folk myth.* mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.* música popular = popular music.* muy popular = widely-read, highly popular.* organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.* protesta popular = street protest.* República Popular China = Chinese People's Republic.* República Popular China, La = People's Republic of China, The.* República Popular Democrática de Corea, la = People's Democratic Republic of Korea, the.* ser muy popular = have + mass appeal.* ser popular = find + favour, be popular in appeal, attain + appeal, be popular.* ser popular entre = be popular with.* voto popular, el = popular vote, the.* * *1)a) <cultura/tradiciones> popular (before n); <canción/baile> traditional, folk (before n); < costumbres> traditionalb) (Pol) <movimiento/rebelión> popular (before n)2) ( que gusta) <actor/programa/deporte> popular3) < lenguaje> colloquial* * *= folkloristic, popular, demotic, folksy [folksier -comp., folksiest -sup.], homespun, folkloric, grassroots [grass-roots], high selling.Ex: The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.
Ex: Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.Ex: Without language, the basic and demotic tool, no one would have a chance.Ex: The best path, the film implies, is a middle way, combining worldliness with a folksy morality, one that respects family and individual alike.Ex: The author chronicles the exuberant stories, hyperbole, homespun speech and demigod characteristics of American 'tall tales'.Ex: Such recordings often originate in field work and are ethnomusicological, ethnolinguistic or folkloric in content.Ex: For a year or two, any wholesome grass-roots group, aiming at anything from wholemeal bread to revolution, would tap one public agency or another.Ex: Many high selling products eventually see a drop in sales and eventual discontinuation, usually after being superseded by a superior product.* acción popular = class action, class action suit.* a petición popular = by popular demand.* arte popular = folk art.* canción popular = popular song.* costumbre popular = folkway.* creencia popular = urban legend, popular belief.* cuento popular = folk tale.* cultura popular = public culture.* de base popular = grassroots [grass-roots].* dejar de ser popular = outlive + Posesivo + popularity.* demanda popular = public demand.* dicho popular = saying, familiar saying, saw.* hacer popular = popularise [popularize, -USA].* hacerse popular = catch on.* impopular = unpopular.* lista de más populares = chart.* mito popular = popular myth, urban legend, folk myth.* mundo de la música popular, el = Tin Pan Alley.* música popular = popular music.* muy popular = widely-read, highly popular.* organismo de base popular = grassroots organisation.* protesta popular = street protest.* República Popular China = Chinese People's Republic.* República Popular China, La = People's Republic of China, The.* República Popular Democrática de Corea, la = People's Democratic Republic of Korea, the.* ser muy popular = have + mass appeal.* ser popular = find + favour, be popular in appeal, attain + appeal, be popular.* ser popular entre = be popular with.* voto popular, el = popular vote, the.* * *A1 (tradicional) ‹cultura/tradiciones› popular ( before n); ‹canción/baile› traditional, folk ( before n); ‹costumbres› traditionalprotestas populares popular o mass protestsuna manifestación popular a mass demonstrationB (que gusta) ‹actor/programa/deporte› popularmuy popular entre los jóvenes very popular with young peopleC ‹lenguaje› colloquial* * *
popular adjetivo
1
‹canción/baile/costumbres› traditional
2 ( que gusta) ‹actor/programa/deporte› popular
popular adjetivo
1 (folclórico) folk
2 (humilde) las clases populares, the people, the working class
3 (bien aceptado) popular
4 (conocido, famoso) well-known
' popular' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aceptación
- cabezudo
- cancionero
- cómic
- conocida
- conocido
- constancia
- divulgación
- infarto
- interpretar
- legitimar
- pueblo
- romería
- seguidilla
- solicitada
- solicitado
- atracción
- concurrido
- conjunto
- copla
- cultura
- curandero
- feria
- jalador
- palenque
- pegar
- petición
- popularizar
- usar
- verbena
- vulgar
English:
alike
- bandwagon
- belief
- big
- down-market
- folk
- folk song
- immensely
- itself
- lore
- outcry
- pander
- popular
- request
- throughout
- by
- catch
- demand
- downmarket
- hot
- pop
- popularize
- tabloid
* * *♦ adj1. [del pueblo] [creencia, movimiento, revuelta] popular;la voluntad popular the will of the people;una insurrección/protesta popular a popular uprising/protest2. [arte, música] folk3. [precios] affordable4. [lenguaje] colloquial5. [famoso] popular;hacerse popular to catch on6. [aceptado] popular;es muy popular en la oficina she's very popular in the office♦ nmfEsp Pol = member/supporter of the Partido Popular* * *I adj1 ( afamado) popular3 barrio lower-classII mpl:POL the Popular Party* * *popular adj1) : popular2) : traditional3) : colloquial* * *popular adj popular -
2 cultura popular
f.folkways, folklore.* * *(n.) = popular culture, pop culture, public cultureEx. Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.Ex. Some pop culture may be creative enough to warrant serious consideration on quality grounds.Ex. Libraries as vital institutions of public culture are currently facing a crisis cum challenge.* * *(n.) = popular culture, pop culture, public cultureEx: Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.
Ex: Some pop culture may be creative enough to warrant serious consideration on quality grounds.Ex: Libraries as vital institutions of public culture are currently facing a crisis cum challenge. -
3 arte popular
f.pop art.* * *(n.) = popular art, folk artEx. Thus, bric-a-brac is of interest to those concerned with popular art and material culture (presumably it will be of interest to archaeologists in the future).Ex. The author discusses the abstract style and patterns of Norwegian folk art, especially weaving, embroidery, and wood carving.* * *(n.) = popular art, folk artEx: Thus, bric-a-brac is of interest to those concerned with popular art and material culture (presumably it will be of interest to archaeologists in the future).
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4 cultura
f.1 culture.cultura empresarial corporate culture2 learning, knowledge.cultura general general knowledgepres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: culturar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: culturar.* * *1 culture\de cultura educated* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=civilización) culture2) (=saber)Juan tiene mucha cultura — Juan is very knowledgeable o widely-read
un hombre de gran cultura — a very knowledgeable o cultured man
3) (=artes) culture* * *1) ( civilización) culture2)a) (conocimientos, ilustración)es una persona de gran cultura — she's a very well-educated o cultured person
cultura general/musical — general/musical knowledge
b) (en periódico, artes) arts (pl), culture* * *= culture, literacy.Ex. For instance, we find that children's literature, alternative culture, radical movements, and ethnic themes don't get adequate treatment.Ex. David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.----* arraigado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* choque de culturas = clash of cultures.* concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* contracultura = counter-culture [counter culture].* con una amplia cultura = well-read.* con una gran cultura = well-read.* cultura académica = academic culture.* cultura africana = African culture.* cultura científica = scientific culture.* cultura consumista = consumerist culture, consumer culture.* cultura de consumo = consumer culture.* cultura de la clase alta = high culture.* cultura de la clase baja = low culture.* cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.* cultura del gamberrismo = yob culture.* cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.* cultura de masas = mass culture.* cultura empresarial = business culture.* cultura impresa = print culture.* cultura institucional = company's culture, organisational culture, institutional culture.* cultura juvenil = youth culture.* cultura material = material culture.* cultura occidental = Western culture.* cultura oriental = Eastern culture.* cultura popular = popular culture, pop culture, public culture.* cultura profesional = professional culture.* cultura pública = public culture.* cultura social = social culture.* cultura tecnológica = technology culture.* cultura tradicional = traditional culture.* cultura viva = living culture.* desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* entre culturas = intercultural.* extensión de la cultura = cultural outreach.* integrado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* preguntas de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.* que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.* * *1) ( civilización) culture2)a) (conocimientos, ilustración)es una persona de gran cultura — she's a very well-educated o cultured person
cultura general/musical — general/musical knowledge
b) (en periódico, artes) arts (pl), culture* * *= culture, literacy.Ex: For instance, we find that children's literature, alternative culture, radical movements, and ethnic themes don't get adequate treatment.
Ex: David Mearns, on the other hand, in his list of the attributes of the ideal reference librarian gives first place to literacy.* arraigado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* choque de culturas = clash of cultures.* concurso de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* contracultura = counter-culture [counter culture].* con una amplia cultura = well-read.* con una gran cultura = well-read.* cultura académica = academic culture.* cultura africana = African culture.* cultura científica = scientific culture.* cultura consumista = consumerist culture, consumer culture.* cultura de consumo = consumer culture.* cultura de la clase alta = high culture.* cultura de la clase baja = low culture.* cultura de la clase media = middlebrow culture.* cultura del gamberrismo = yob culture.* cultura del mundo impreso = print culture.* cultura de masas = mass culture.* cultura empresarial = business culture.* cultura impresa = print culture.* cultura institucional = company's culture, organisational culture, institutional culture.* cultura juvenil = youth culture.* cultura material = material culture.* cultura occidental = Western culture.* cultura oriental = Eastern culture.* cultura popular = popular culture, pop culture, public culture.* cultura profesional = professional culture.* cultura pública = public culture.* cultura social = social culture.* cultura tecnológica = technology culture.* cultura tradicional = traditional culture.* cultura viva = living culture.* desde el punto de vista de la cultura = culturally.* devorador de cultura = culture vulture.* entre culturas = intercultural.* extensión de la cultura = cultural outreach.* integrado en la cultura = culturally-embedded.* preguntas de cultura general = quiz [quizzes, -pl.].* que afecta a todas las culturas = culture-wide.* que forma parte de la cultura = culturally-embedded.* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.* * *A (civilización) culturela cultura europea European culturecultura del ocio leisure cultureB1(conocimientos, ilustración): es una persona de gran cultura she's a highly cultured o very educated personpreguntas de cultura general general knowledge questionscultura musical musical knowledgela cultura popular popular culture2 (artes) arts (pl), culture* * *
cultura sustantivo femenino
b) (conocimientos, ilustración):◊ una persona de gran cultura a very well-educated o cultured person;
cultura general/musical general/musical knowledge;
la cultura popular popular culture
cultura sustantivo femenino culture
' cultura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
concejalía
- consejería
- contaminar
- costumbre
- cultivada
- cultivado
- empaparse
- masa
- ministra
- ministro
- núcleo
- parte
- primitiva
- primitivo
- salvaje
- tiniebla
- asimilar
- barniz
- difundir
- difusión
- diseminarse
- divulgar
- dominante
- enriquecer
- impulsar
- inculto
- occidental
- popular
- potenciar
English:
Americana
- breeding
- culture
- decay
- education
- flowering
- general knowledge
- mainstream
- revival
- revive
- source
- street cred
- street credibility
- uncivilized
- art
- general
* * *cultura nf1. [de sociedad] culture;es especialista en la cultura inca she is a specialist in Inca culturecultura empresarial corporate culture;cultura de masas mass culture;la cultura del ocio leisure culturetiene mucha cultura teatral she knows a lot about the theatrecultura general general knowledge;la cultura popular popular culture* * *f culture* * *cultura nf: culture* * *cultura n culture -
5 caprichoso
adj.capricious, cranky, erratic, fickle.* * *► adjetivo1 capricious, whimsical, fanciful► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 whimsical person* * *ADJ1) [persona] capricious2) [idea, novela etc] whimsical, fanciful* * *I- sa adjetivoa) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeableb) (difícil, exigente) fussyII- sa masculino, femeninoes un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy
* * *= capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].Ex. Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.Ex. This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.Ex. The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.Ex. The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex. Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.Ex. 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.Ex. These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.----* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.* de modo caprichoso = capriciously.* * *I- sa adjetivoa) ( inconstante) <carácter/persona> capricious; <tiempo/moda> changeableb) (difícil, exigente) fussyII- sa masculino, femeninoes un caprichoso — ( es inconstante) he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy
* * *= capricious, whimsical, wayward, fickle, wanton, faddish, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].Ex: Panizzi introduced what seemed to his critics unwarranted and capricious complications calculated to make the catalog much more difficult for the librarian to prepare and the reader to use.
Ex: This slightly off-balance, whimsical remark was a Marsha James' trademark.Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.Ex: The rise and dramatic fall of E-businesses is a testimony of the fickle electronic commerce (E-commerce) market.Ex: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.Ex: Whilst, presumably, a set of standards for the conduct of reference work, the document is in fact a hodgepodge shaped by faddish misconceptions.Ex: 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.Ex: These emotions will have a knock-on effect on the child and may, in the case of the faddy eater, cause the situation to deteriorate.* de forma caprichosa = capriciously.* de modo caprichoso = capriciously.* * *1 (inconstante) ‹carácter/persona› capricious; ‹tiempo/moda› changeable¡qué niño más caprichoso! what a capricious child! o this child is always changing his mindlas estalactitas presentaban formas caprichosas the stalactites formed fanciful shapes2 (difícil, exigente) fussymasculine, femininees un caprichoso (es inconstante) he's so capricious o he's always changing his mind; (es difícil, exigente) he is so fussy* * *
caprichoso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹tiempo/moda› changeable
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:
(es difícil, exigente) he's so fussy
caprichoso,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino mi hermana es una caprichosa, my sister is very impulsive
II adjetivo
1 (antojadizo) whimsical, fanciful
2 (maniático, exigente) fussy
3 (creativo, sin norma) las nubes creaban figuras caprichosas, the clouds made strange shapes
' caprichoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caprichosa
- mañoso
English:
capricious
- erratic
- flighty
- moody
- whimsical
* * *caprichoso, -a adjcapricious, impulsive;actuar de forma caprichosa to act capriciously o impulsively* * *adj capricious* * *caprichoso, -sa adjantojadizo: capricious, fickle -
6 díscolo
adj.ungovernable, fractious, disobedient, troublemaking.* * *► adjetivo1 ungovernable, disobedient, unruly* * *ADJ1) (=rebelde) unruly2) (=travieso) mischievous* * *- la adjetivo unruly, disobedient* * *= fractious, wayward.Ex. Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.* * *- la adjetivo unruly, disobedient* * *= fractious, wayward.Ex: Thus was Christianity codified into a Bible that still today is the central element in the faith of the two billion adherents of the largest, if most fractious, of the world's religions.
Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.* * *díscolo -launruly, disobedient* * *
díscolo,-a adjetivo disobedient, unruly
el hijo díscolo, the disobedient son
' díscolo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
díscola
* * *díscolo, -a adjdisobedient, rebellious* * *adj unruly* * *díscolo, -la adj: unruly, disobedient -
7 perverso
adj.perverse, wicked, bad, base.m.pervert, evil doer.* * *► adjetivo1 (malvado) evil, wicked► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 evil person* * *ADJ (=depravado) depraved; (=malvado) wicked* * *I- sa adjetivo evilII- sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person* * *= wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.Ex. Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex. The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.Ex. There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.Ex. This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.Ex. The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.Ex. The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.----* mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.* sexo perverso = kinky sex.* utopía perversa = dystopia.* utópico perverso = dystopian.* * *I- sa adjetivo evilII- sa masculino, femenino evil o wicked person* * *= wicked, untoward, perverse, wayward, slavering, diabolical, diabolic, poison-pen, sinister.Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
Ex: Perhaps, he questioned himself, this is the way every principal operates, and there is nothing untoward in it.Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex: The article 'The wayward scholar: resources and research in popular culture' defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource.Ex: There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.Ex: This scene is appropriate in relation to the center panel, which shows the diabolical influence of lust.Ex: The triptych as a whole reflects late Medieval obsession with demons and witches, and with the diabolic 'power of women' to corrupt man.Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.Ex: The selectman received this explanation in silence, but he fastened on the librarian a glance full of sinister meaning.* mundo utópico perverso = dystopia.* sexo perverso = kinky sex.* utopía perversa = dystopia.* utópico perverso = dystopian.* * *eviluna mente perversa an evil mindla madrastra perversa the wicked stepmothermasculine, feminineevil o wicked person* * *
perverso◊ -sa adjetivo
evil
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
evil o wicked person
perverso,-a
I adjetivo evil, wicked
II sustantivo masculino y femenino wicked person
' perverso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mala
- malo
- perversa
- tenebrosa
- tenebroso
English:
perverse
- spiteful
- diabolical
* * *perverso, -a♦ adjevil, wicked♦ nm,f1. [depravado] depraved person2. [persona mala] evil person* * *adj wicked, evil* * *perverso, -sa adj: wicked, depraved -
8 portero
m.1 doorman, redcap, porter, hall porter.2 janitor, super, porter, superintendent.3 goalkeeper, goalie, gatekeeper.4 doorkeeper, person in charge of the door, porter.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (de un edificio) porter2 DEPORTE goalkeeper\portero automático entryphone* * *(f. - portera)noun1) doorman, caretaker2) goalkeeper* * *portero, -a1. SM / F1) [de edificio] caretaker, concierge, (apartment house) manager (EEUU)2) [en hotel, hospital] porter3) (Dep) goalkeeper2.SMportero automático, portero eléctrico, portero electrónico — entry phone
* * *- ra masculino, femenino1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)2) (Dep) goalkeeper•• Cultural note:A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip* * *= janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.Ex. It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.Ex. Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.Ex. He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.Ex. This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.Ex. Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.Ex. They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.----* cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.* portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].* * *- ra masculino, femenino1) ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; ( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE)2) (Dep) goalkeeper•• Cultural note:A superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay. Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom). The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip* * *= janitor, porter, doorman [doormen, -pl.], doorkeeper, goalkeeper, goalie.Nota: Abreviatura de goalkeeper.Ex: It presents a case study based on an actual situation which arose between the chief librarian of a public library and the library janitor, and offer 4 different views as to how the situation could have been managed.
Ex: Thus charwomen and porters in a university work in an institution where books are used a great deal but they themselves are highly unlikely to use them.Ex: He somehow kept his head above water as a doorman at a bar and as a nightman at a slaughterhouse.Ex: This is but a myth used instrumentally by delinquents to establish a position on the criminal scene -- as doorkeepers, bodyguards, money collectors or other so-called 'specialists in violence'.Ex: Then in a grandstand finish the home side, on top throughout, were kept at bay by the agility of the visiting team's goalkeeper.Ex: They were still slow off the blocks and didn't seem like threatening the opposite goalie.* cuartillo del portero = janitor's closet.* portero de noche = nightman [nightmen, -pl.].* * *masculine, feminineA (que abre la puerta) doorman, porter; (que cuida el edificio) super ( AmE), superintendent ( AmE), caretaker ( BrE), conciergeCompuesto:B ( Dep) goalkeeperA superintendent in an apartment building who looks after it, keeps it clean, delivers mail, and keeps an eye on comings and goings. Porteros often have an apartment in the building as part of their pay.Many buildings no longer have porteros. In these cases, access is regulated by a portero automático (intercom).The portero, and particularly the female portera, are part of popular culture. They have a reputation for being inquisitive and fond of gossip.* * *
portero◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino
1 ( que abre la puerta) doorman, porter;
( que cuida el edificio) super (AmE), superintendent (AmE), caretaker (BrE);
portero eléctrico or (Esp) automático sustantivo masculino
entryphone
2 (Dep) goalkeeper
portero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (de una vivienda) porter, caretaker
(de un edificio público) doorman
portero automático, entry-phone
2 Dep goalkeeper
' portero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
camelarse
- despeje
- garita
- gorila
- obnubilarse
- portera
- interfono
- mayordomo
English:
caretaker
- doorman
- goalkeeper
- intercom
- janitor
- porter
- scapegoat
- door
- entry
- goal
- superintendent
- turn
* * *portero, -a♦ nm,f1. [de casa] Br caretaker, US super(intendent)2. [de hotel, ministerio] [en recepción] porter;[a la puerta] doorman3. [de discoteca] doorman4. [en fútbol, balonmano, hockey] goalkeeper;[en hockey] goalminder♦ nmportero automático entryphone;portero eléctrico entryphone;portero electrónico entryphone* * *m1 doorman2 de edificio superintendent, Brcaretaker3 DEP goalkeeper* * *portero, -ra n1) arquero: goalkeeper, goalie2) : doorman m3) : janitor, superintendent* * *portero n1. (en deportes) goalkeeper2. (de un edificio) porter -
9 burlarse
1 to mock (de, -), make fun (de, of), laugh (de, at)* * ** * *VPR1) (=bromear) to joke, banteryo no me burlo — I'm serious, I'm not joking
2)burlarse de algn — to mock sb, make fun of sb
* * *= sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.Ex. 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.Ex. In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.Ex. Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".Ex. Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.Ex. Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.----* burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.* * *= sneer, deride, scoff, jeer, snicker, snigger.Ex: 'Arnold and the others are too sensitive!' he sneered, spreading his hands in a fantastic gesture of disdain.
Ex: In future, this publishing house will explore other subjects within the popular culture sphere, including the UFO phenomenon and widely derided music genres like heavy metal, disco and rap.Ex: Those inclined to scoff should reflect on the findings of a 1975 study of on-line users: 'Engineers, scientists, and researchers more readily accept the results of online literature searching than they do the results of manual searching' = Aquellos que sienten la inclinación de burlarse deberían reflejarse en los hallazgos de un estudio de 1975 sobre los usuarios conectados en línea: "Los ingenieros, científicos e investigadores aceptan más rápidamente los resultados de la búsqueda en línea de bibliografía especializada que los resultados de la búsqueda manual".Ex: Taunts from her Hispanic students spurred a Japanese-American teacher to develop a multicultural unit that helped children appreciate the culture they had previously jeered.Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.Ex: Nick then started to snigger evilly behind her back.* burlarse de = poke + fun at, thumb + Posesivo + nose at, make + fun of, flout, sneer at, scoff at.* * *
■burlarse verbo reflexivo to mock, make fun [de, of]
' burlarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
consistente
- burlar
English:
constantly
- deride
- fun
- gibe
- jeer
- laugh at
- mock
- rib
- ridicule
- scoff
- send up
- sneer
- tease
* * *vprburlarse de to mock;burlarse de algo/alguien to mock sth/sb, to make fun of sth/sb;burlarse de las leyes to flout the law* * *v/r make fun (de of)* * *vrburlarse de : to make fun of, to ridicule* * *burlarse vb to make fun / to tease -
10 acontecimiento histórico
(n.) = historical eventEx. The author considers the complex, symbiotic relationships among social memory, popular culture, and historical events.* * *(n.) = historical eventEx: The author considers the complex, symbiotic relationships among social memory, popular culture, and historical events.
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11 aficionado a todo lo militar
(n.) = military buffEx. This unique, well-written, and intriguing volume is a valuable resource for military buffs and historians, and for students of American popular culture.* * *(n.) = military buffEx: This unique, well-written, and intriguing volume is a valuable resource for military buffs and historians, and for students of American popular culture.
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12 amante de lo militar
(n.) = military buffEx. This unique, well-written, and intriguing volume is a valuable resource for military buffs and historians, and for students of American popular culture.* * *(n.) = military buffEx: This unique, well-written, and intriguing volume is a valuable resource for military buffs and historians, and for students of American popular culture.
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13 arte dramático
f.dramatic art, art of staging plays or other performances at the stage, dramatics, stage.* * ** * *= performance art, performing artsEx. For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.Ex. Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.* * ** * *= performance art, performing artsEx: For storytelling and reading aloud are performance arts: They involve a script (even when the words are improvised on the spot), an interpreter (the teller or reader), and an audience, and as in all performances, the audience plays a part in molding the finished work.
Ex: Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.* * *dramatic art -
14 arte pop
f.pop art.* * *(n.) = pop artEx. Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.* * *(n.) = pop artEx: Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.
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15 artes interpretativas
Ex. Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.* * *Ex: Their work constitutes a new art movement, drawing on, and straddling divisions between, pop art, performing arts, popular culture, and fashion.
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16 chinoamericano
Ex. The article is entitled 'Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.* * *Ex: The article is entitled 'Mules and dragons: popular culture images in the selected writings of African-American and Chinese-American women writers'.
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17 cine
m.1 cinema (art).cine de verano open-air cinemacine fórum film with discussion groupcine sonoro talking pictures, talkies2 movie theater, picture theater, cinema, motion picture theater.3 movie making, movies, cinema, art of movie making.* * *1 (local) cinema, US movie theater■ ir al cine to go to the cinema, US go to the movies2 (arte) cinema\hacer cine to make films, US make moviesser de cine familiar to be fabulouscine negro film noir* * *noun m.1) cinema* * *SM1) (=arte) cinemahacer cine — to make films o movies ( esp EEUU)
de cine: actor de cine — film actor, movie actor (EEUU)
era una casa de cine — * it was a fairytale house, the house was like something out of a film
me lo pasé de cine — * I had a fantastic o brilliant time, I had a whale of a time *
cine de acción — action films pl, action movies pl ( esp EEUU)
cine de aventuras — adventure films pl, adventure movies pl ( esp EEUU)
cine de terror — horror films pl, horror movies pl ( esp EEUU)
cine mudo — silent films pl, silent movies pl ( esp EEUU)
cine sonoro — talking films pl, talkies * pl
2) (=local) cinema, movie theater (EEUU)¿quieres ir al cine? — do you want to go to the cinema o ( esp EEUU) the movies?
cine de barrio — local cinema, local (movie) theater (EEUU)
cine de verano — open-air cinema, open-air movie theater (EEUU)
* * *a) (arte, actividad) cinemael mundo del cine — the movie o film world
hacer cine — to make movies o films
actor de cine — movie o film actor
b) ( local) movie house o theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)¿vamos al or (Col) a cine? — shall we go to the movies (AmE) o (BrE) cinema?
* * *= cinema, movie palace.Ex. Sources from which the designer can draw inspiration include paintings and visual imagery from the theatre, cinema, and popular culture.Ex. This is a collection of more than 250 pen drawings of theater facades from the time when vaudeville was yielding to the movie palaces of the 1920's and '30's.----* adaptación al cine = film adaptation.* adaptar al cine = adapt to + the screen.* amante del cine = cinema buff, film buff, movie buff.* cine, el = movies, the.* cine en casa = home theatre, home cinema.* cine mudo = silent cinema.* cine negro = film noir.* crítica de cine = film review.* crítico de cine = film critic.* del cine = cinematic.* director de cine = film director.* en el cine = at the movies.* estrella de cine = movie star, film-star.* estudio de cine = film location, film studio.* festival de cine corto = short film festival.* fotografía de cine = cinematic photography.* industria del cine, la = film making industry, the, film industry, the, movie industry, the.* ir al cine = go to + the cinema, movie-going.* obra de teatro adaptada al cine = theatrical motion picture.* operador de cine = projectionist.* palacio del cine = movie palace.* película de cine = moving picture.* persona que va al cine = moviegoer [movie-goer].* productor de cine = film maker [filmmaker/film-maker], moviemaker [movie maker].* proyector de cine = film projector.* sala de cine = movie theatre.* * *a) (arte, actividad) cinemael mundo del cine — the movie o film world
hacer cine — to make movies o films
actor de cine — movie o film actor
b) ( local) movie house o theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)¿vamos al or (Col) a cine? — shall we go to the movies (AmE) o (BrE) cinema?
* * *el cine= movies, theEx: The children love puppet shows, the movies, story hours, contests.
= cinema, movie palace.Ex: Sources from which the designer can draw inspiration include paintings and visual imagery from the theatre, cinema, and popular culture.
Ex: This is a collection of more than 250 pen drawings of theater facades from the time when vaudeville was yielding to the movie palaces of the 1920's and '30's.* adaptación al cine = film adaptation.* adaptar al cine = adapt to + the screen.* amante del cine = cinema buff, film buff, movie buff.* cine, el = movies, the.* cine en casa = home theatre, home cinema.* cine mudo = silent cinema.* cine negro = film noir.* crítica de cine = film review.* crítico de cine = film critic.* del cine = cinematic.* director de cine = film director.* en el cine = at the movies.* estrella de cine = movie star, film-star.* estudio de cine = film location, film studio.* festival de cine corto = short film festival.* fotografía de cine = cinematic photography.* industria del cine, la = film making industry, the, film industry, the, movie industry, the.* ir al cine = go to + the cinema, movie-going.* obra de teatro adaptada al cine = theatrical motion picture.* operador de cine = projectionist.* palacio del cine = movie palace.* película de cine = moving picture.* persona que va al cine = moviegoer [movie-goer].* productor de cine = film maker [filmmaker/film-maker], moviemaker [movie maker].* proyector de cine = film projector.* sala de cine = movie theatre.* * *1 (arte, actividad) cinemarespetado por todos en el mundo del cine respected by everyone in the movie o film worldsiempre he querido hacer cine I've always wanted to make movies o filmsactor de cine movie o film actorpantalla de cine movie o ( BrE) cinema screen¿qué ponen or ( AmL) dan en el cine Rex? what's on at the Rex?Compuestos:action cinema, action moviesavant-garde cinema, avant-garde moviesadventure cinema, adventure moviesgenre cinematalkies (pl)silent movies o films (pl)film noirtalkies (pl)cinéma vérité* * *
Del verbo ceñir: ( conjugate ceñir)
ciñe es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
ceñir
cine
ceñir ( conjugate ceñir) verbo transitivo:
el vestido le ceñía el talle the dress clung to her waist
ceñirse verbo pronominal cinese a algo ‹ a las reglas› to adhere to o (colloq) stick to sth;
cinese al tema to keep to the subject
cine sustantivo masculino
actor de cine movie o film actor;
hacer cine to make movies o films
◊ ¿vamos al cine? shall we go to the movies (AmE) o (BrE) cinema?;
cine de barrio local movie theater (AmE), local cinema (BrE);
cine de estreno movie theater where new releases are shown
cine sustantivo masculino
1 (local) cinema, US movie theater
2 (arte) cinema: me gusta ir al cine, I like to go to the movies
cine mudo/sonoro, silent/talking films pl
' cine' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acomodar
- actuar
- adaptar
- ambientar
- ambientación
- anfiteatro
- animación
- antojarse
- auge
- banda
- bien
- borde
- cada
- capacidad
- caracterización
- cartelera
- cinta
- como
- corta
- corto
- descanso
- desenfocar
- desenlace
- dirección
- doblaje
- elipsis
- encontrar
- encuadrar
- encuadre
- escenografía
- espectador
- espectadora
- estelar
- estrella
- estrenar
- estreno
- exterior
- extra
- fanática
- fanático
- fotograma
- fumarse
- función
- gratis
- grúa
- guión
- hacinarse
- hasta
- ilusionar
- incondicional
English:
advance
- afterwards
- allow
- animated cartoon
- attendant
- audience
- B movie
- bristle
- camera
- caption
- cartoon
- casting
- cinema
- cinemagoer
- clapperboard
- co-star
- credit
- crew
- cut
- definition
- dolly
- double
- drive-in
- dub
- edit
- editor
- extra
- fade in
- fade out
- fawn
- feature
- feature film
- festival
- film
- film maker
- film star
- first night
- flashback
- foyer
- fret
- gore
- interlude
- intermission
- interval
- lead
- leading lady
- leading man
- less
- like
- location
* * *♦ nm1. [arte] cinema;cine de autor art cinema;cine comercial commercial cinema;Keaton fue uno de los grandes del cine cómico Keaton was one of the big screen comedy greats;cine fórum film with discussion group;cine de género genre cinema;cine negro film noir;cine sonoro talking pictures, talkies2. [edificio] cinema, US movie theater;cine de arte y ensayo art house (cinema), US art theater;cine de verano open-air cinema♦ de cine loc adjFam [muy bueno]se ha comprado una casa de cine he's bought an amazing house♦ de cine loc advFam [muy bien]cocina de cine he's a fantastic o brilliant cook;el equipo jugó de cine the team played brilliantly* * *m1 movies pl, cinema;llevar al cine make into a movie;2 edificio movie theater, Brcinema* * *cine nm1) : cinema, movies pl2) : movie theater* * *cine n1. (lugar) cinema2. (arte) film / cinema¿te gusta el cine? do you like films? -
18 con pesimismo
(adj.) = pessimistically, gloomilyEx. Becker concludes, pessimistically, that the library has 'no role to play in solving the problem of how non-college youth are to achieve maturity'.Ex. He began by gloomily reflecting that 'the only version of national pride encouraged by American popular culture is a smipleminded militaristic chauvinism'.* * *(adj.) = pessimistically, gloomilyEx: Becker concludes, pessimistically, that the library has 'no role to play in solving the problem of how non-college youth are to achieve maturity'.
Ex: He began by gloomily reflecting that 'the only version of national pride encouraged by American popular culture is a smipleminded militaristic chauvinism'. -
19 de mal gusto
in bad taste* * *(adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]Ex. The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.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. An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.Ex. Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.* * *(adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]Ex: The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.
Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.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: An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.Ex: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'. -
20 de modo pesimista
(adj.) = gloomilyEx. He began by gloomily reflecting that 'the only version of national pride encouraged by American popular culture is a smipleminded militaristic chauvinism'.* * *(adj.) = gloomilyEx: He began by gloomily reflecting that 'the only version of national pride encouraged by American popular culture is a smipleminded militaristic chauvinism'.
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