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  • 61 carencia de propiedad rural

    (n.) = landlessness
    Ex. The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.
    * * *

    Ex: The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.

    Spanish-English dictionary > carencia de propiedad rural

  • 62 carrera contra el tiempo

    (n.) = race against time, race against the clock
    Ex. He said it is like a race against time, trying to find medications to help my depression.
    Ex. Poverty and hunger: a race against the clock.
    * * *
    (n.) = race against time, race against the clock

    Ex: He said it is like a race against time, trying to find medications to help my depression.

    Ex: Poverty and hunger: a race against the clock.

    Spanish-English dictionary > carrera contra el tiempo

  • 63 carrera contra reloj

    race against the clock
    * * *
    (Dep) time trial; una carrera contra reloj para salvar el monumento a race against time to save the monument
    * * *
    (n.) = race against time, race against the clock
    Ex. He said it is like a race against time, trying to find medications to help my depression.
    Ex. Poverty and hunger: a race against the clock.
    * * *
    (Dep) time trial; una carrera contra reloj para salvar el monumento a race against time to save the monument
    * * *
    (n.) = race against time, race against the clock

    Ex: He said it is like a race against time, trying to find medications to help my depression.

    Ex: Poverty and hunger: a race against the clock.

    Spanish-English dictionary > carrera contra reloj

  • 64 chiflado

    adj.
    nutty, batty, crazy, bananas.
    f. & m.
    nut, crackpot, eccentric person, fruitcake.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: chiflar.
    * * *
    1→ link=chiflar chiflar
    1 familiar mad, crazy, barmy, nuts, bonkers
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar nut, loony, headcase
    \
    estar chiflado,-a con/por algo familiar to be crazy about something, be mad about something
    estar chiflado,-a por alguien familiar (enamorado) to be madly in love with somebody
    * * *
    (f. - chiflada)
    adj.
    nutty, crazy
    * * *
    chiflado, -a *
    1.
    ADJ crazy *, barmy *

    estar chiflado con o por algo/algn — to be crazy about sth/sb

    2.
    SM / F nutter *, nutcase *
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].
    Ex. Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex. Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex. I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex. Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex. This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex. Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex. It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex. Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex. This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex. Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex. Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex. A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex. The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex. He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex. When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex. When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex. This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex. There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex. Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex. I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex. ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex. He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
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    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE)

    ese viejo está chiflado — that old guy's crazy, that old guy's a nutter (colloq)

    estar chiflado por algo/alguien — to be crazy o nuts o (BrE) mad about something/somebody (colloq)

    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) nutcase (colloq), nutter (colloq)
    * * *
    = crazy [crazier -comp., craziest -sup.], crank, loony [loonier -comp., looniest -sup], nuts, zany [zanier -comp., zaniest -sup.], bonkers, wacko, screwy [screwier -comp., screwiest -sup.], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.], stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic, lunatic, nutter, cuckoo, off + Posesivo + nut, potty [pottier -comp., pottiest -sup.], kook, nutty [nuttier -comp., nuttiest -sup.], mad, daffy [daffier -comp., daffiest -sup.], space cadet, off + Posesivo + knocker, off + Posesivo + rocker, moonstruck, barmy [barmier -comp., barmiest -sup.].

    Ex: Lest it appear that Ms Marshall's committee and a few others of us, notoriously associated with that kind of work, are little more than crazy, fire-breathing radicals, let me add this gloss immediately.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex: Some loud loonies are not dangerous to the library while others may be; the librarian needs to be able to guess which is which.
    Ex: I think some people would think my approach is nuts.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: This client was bonkers, but believable.
    Ex: Varieties of bad bosses include disagreeable taskmasters, overly ambitious artists, and outright ' wackos'.
    Ex: This is the newspaper that ran a lengthy article about LaRouche's screwy assertion that the greenhouse effect doesn't exist and that the ozone layer is not disappearing.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
    Ex: Since he wasn't stark raving mad as a result, but simply very relaxed, I decided I would try it when the opportunity arose.
    Ex: It is said that if anybody remained there for a night, he would be found in the morning either dead, raving mad, or endowed with remarkable genius.
    Ex: Since January of 2006 we have had to deal with the raving lunatics and suicidal madmen of the ruling party of Hamas.
    Ex: This put the matter down to the work of a marginal fringe of hotheads & lunatics.
    Ex: Even if we do come up with an alternative to nuclear power, in the future, there will be nutters protesting that as well.
    Ex: Meanwhile, further proof that the entire party is cuckoo comes to us with the passage of another big tax cut for the rich.
    Ex: A few years later Stewart went completely off his nut, staged a series of bombings, and wound up in prison after a bizarre kidnapping stunt.
    Ex: The press may be free, but the system is potty.
    Ex: He then ended his affair with Mia, Bram's housekeeper cum lottery winner and daughter of the kook who swears he was abuducted by aliens.
    Ex: When squirrels are acting ' nutty,' it is often caused by a warble or botfly larva living beneath the animal's skin.
    Ex: When J D Brown allowed the public of Islington to have open access to the books in the 1890s he was regarded by many of his colleagues as mad!.
    Ex: This isn't as daffy as it seems to us as we hustle about on the verge of the third millennium.
    Ex: There were space cadets, aimless women -- the melange was incredible.
    Ex: Every firearm hast its pros and cons and anyone who tells you otherwise is off their knocker.
    Ex: I find it fascinating how Bradley can be perfectly reasonable one moment, and off his rocker the next.
    Ex: ' Moonstruck' has all the fun of movies about weddings: a reluctant groom, an overeager bride, and an emotionally distraught family.
    Ex: He gets more and more hysterical every week and frankly gives the impression of being a bit barmy by grinning like a maniac and shouting his head off.
    * chiflado de la informática = computer geek.
    * chiflado perdido = as daft as a brush, as thick as two (short) planks, stir-crazy, knucklehead.
    * estar chiflado = be off + Posesivo + rocker.
    * estar chiflado por = have + a crush on.
    * volverse chiflado = go + potty, go off + Posesivo + rocker.

    * * *
    chiflado1 -da
    ( fam); crazy ( colloq), mad ( BrE)
    ese viejo está chiflado that old guy's crazy o mad o nuts ( colloq), that old guy's a nutter o off his rocker o round the bend ( colloq)
    estar chiflado POR algo/algn to be crazy o nuts o mad ABOUT sth/sb ( colloq)
    está chiflado por ti he's crazy o nuts o mad about you ( colloq)
    chiflado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); nutcase ( colloq), nutter ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo chiflar: ( conjugate chiflar)

    chiflado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    chiflado    
    chiflar
    chiflado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) crazy (colloq), mad (BrE);

    estar chiflado por algo/algn to be crazy o mad about sth/sb (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) nutter (colloq)
    chiflar ( conjugate chiflar) verbo transitivo ‹actor/cantante› to whistle at ( as sign of disapproval), ≈ to boo
    verbo intransitivo
    1 ( silbar) to whistle
    2 (fam) ( gustar mucho):

    chiflarse verbo pronominal (fam) chifladose por algo/algn to be crazy about sth/sb (colloq)
    chiflado,-a
    I adjetivo familiar mad, crazy [por, about]
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino (loco) nut, loony
    chiflar verbo intransitivo
    1 (con la boca) to whistle
    (con un silbato) to blow
    2 familiar (gustar mucho) me chifla esta música, I love this music
    ' chiflado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chiflada
    - sonada
    - sonado
    - loco
    English:
    barmy
    - batty
    - bend
    - loony
    - mental
    - moonstruck
    - nut
    - nutcase
    - nuts
    - nutty
    - plumb
    - potty
    - wacky
    - zany
    - cracked
    - crush
    - dotty
    - kooky
    - screw
    * * *
    chiflado, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    crazy, mad;
    está chiflado por la música étnica he's crazy o mad about ethnic music;
    está chiflado por una compañera de clase he's really fallen for one of his classmates
    ♦ nm,f
    loony
    * * *
    adj fam
    crazy fam
    ( por about), nuts fam
    ( por about)
    II m, chiflada f nutcase fam, basketcase fam
    * * *
    chiflado, -da adj, fam : nuts, crazy
    chiflado, -da n, fam : crazy person, lunatic
    * * *
    chiflado adj crazy [comp. crazier; superl. craziest] / mad [comp. madder; superl. maddest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > chiflado

  • 65 comercio de drogas

    (n.) = drug trade
    Ex. As a result of the extreme poverty, the population faces many problems from high unemployment to the drug trade.
    * * *
    (n.) = drug trade

    Ex: As a result of the extreme poverty, the population faces many problems from high unemployment to the drug trade.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comercio de drogas

  • 66 corrupción

    f.
    1 corruption, vice, corruptedness, immorality.
    2 corruption, corruptness, crookedness, improbity.
    * * *
    1 (putrefacción) rot, decay
    2 figurado corruption, degradation
    \
    corrupción de menores corruption of minors
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=pudrición) rot, decay
    2) [moral] corruption
    3) (Jur) corruption, graft; (=soborno) graft, bribery
    4) [de lengua, texto] corruption
    * * *
    a) ( de materia) decay
    b) (de moral, persona, lengua) corruption
    * * *
    = corruption, depravation.
    Ex. For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.
    Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.
    ----
    * corrupción de datos = data corruption.
    * corrupción de la policía = police corruption.
    * corrupción del gobierno = government corruption.
    * corrupción moral = moral corruption.
    * persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.
    * revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.
    * * *
    a) ( de materia) decay
    b) (de moral, persona, lengua) corruption
    * * *
    = corruption, depravation.

    Ex: For example, the Library of Congress established names of indigenous American and African peoples are very often derogatory corruptions of their real names.

    Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.
    * corrupción de datos = data corruption.
    * corrupción de la policía = police corruption.
    * corrupción del gobierno = government corruption.
    * corrupción moral = moral corruption.
    * persona que desvela escándalos o corrupción = muckraker.
    * revelación de escándalos o corrupción = muckraking.

    * * *
    2 (de la moral, de una persona) corruption; (de la lengua) corruption
    Compuesto:
    corruption of minors
    * * *

    corrupción sustantivo femenino
    a) (de moral, persona, lengua) corruption;



    corrupción sustantivo femenino
    1 (perversión moral) corruption
    corrupción de menores, corruption of minors
    2 (putrefacción) rot, decay
    ' corrupción' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    asco
    - lacra
    - rebajar
    - cuajo
    - perversión
    - vicio
    English:
    blatant
    - corruption
    - expose
    - graft
    - riddled
    - rife
    - rottenness
    - sack
    - rid
    * * *
    1. [delito, decadencia] corruption;
    Der corrupción de menores corruption of minors
    2. [soborno] bribery
    3. [de una sustancia] decay
    * * *
    f decay; fig
    corruption
    * * *
    1) : decay
    2) : corruption

    Spanish-English dictionary > corrupción

  • 67 corruptela

    f.
    1 corruption.
    2 illegal practice, corruption, corruptness.
    * * *
    1 corruption, sharp practice
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=corrupción) corruption
    2) (=abuso) corrupt practice, corrupt practise (EEUU), abuse
    * * *
    femenino corruption
    * * *
    Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.
    * * *
    femenino corruption
    * * *

    Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.

    * * *
    1 (abuso) corruption, abuse of power
    para terminar con las coimas y corruptelas to put an end to the bribery and corruption
    2 (corrupción) corruption
    * * *

    corruptela sustantivo femenino corruption, vice
    * * *
    [corrupción] corruption;
    denunciaron las corruptelas en la administración they condemned the corruption in the government;
    lo han acusado de una serie de pequeñas corruptelas he has been accused of a number of misdemeanours
    * * *
    f corruption
    * * *
    : corruption, abuse of power

    Spanish-English dictionary > corruptela

  • 68 crónica

    adj.&f.
    feminine of CRÓNICO.
    f.
    chronicle, documented report, article, report.
    * * *
    1 (gen) account, chronicle
    2 (en periódico) article, column, feature
    3 RADIO TELEVISIÓN (programa) programme (US program); (reportaje) feature, report
    4 HISTORIA chronicle
    \
    crónica de sociedad society column, social column
    crónica de sucesos news in brief, news headlines plural
    * * *
    1. noun f. 2. f., (m. - crónico)
    * * *
    SF
    1) [de periódico] feature, article; (Radio, TV) report

    "Crónica de sucesos" — "News in Brief"

    crónica de sociedad — society column, gossip column

    2) ( Hist) chronicle; (fig) account, chronicle
    3) pl Crónicas (Biblia) Chronicles
    * * *
    a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) report

    crónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)

    b) (Hist) chronicle
    * * *
    Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
    ----
    * crónica de sociedad = gossip column.
    * * *
    a) (Period) report, article; (Rad, TV) report

    crónica deportiva/de sociedad — sport(s)/society page (o section etc)

    b) (Hist) chronicle
    * * *

    Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.

    * crónica de sociedad = gossip column.

    * * *
    1 ( Period) report, article; ( Rad, TV) report
    crónica deportiva/literaria/de sociedad sport(s)/literary/society page ( o section etc)
    2 ( Hist) chronicle
    * * *

    crónica sustantivo femenino
    a) (Period) report, article;

    (Rad, TV) report;
    ◊ crónica deportiva/de sociedad sport(s)/society page (o section etc)

    b) (Hist) chronicle

    crónico,-a adjetivo chronic
    crónica sustantivo femenino
    1 Hist chronicle: nos hizo una crónica apasionante de su viaje, he gave us a thrilling account of his journey
    2 Prensa feature, article
    ' crónica' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    enfermedad
    - producir
    English:
    chronic
    - chronicle
    - history
    - commentary
    - gossip
    - repetitive
    - report
    * * *
    1. [de la historia] chronicle
    2. [de un periódico] column;
    [de la televisión] feature, programme;
    la crónica deportiva the sports news o report;
    Am
    la crónica roja the crime reports
    * * *
    f chronicle; en periódico report
    * * *
    1) : news report
    2) : chronicle, history

    Spanish-English dictionary > crónica

  • 69 cuidador

    adj.
    careful, cautious, caring.
    m.
    1 guard, keeper.
    2 caregiver, adult in charge of an infant.
    3 caretaker, care giver, custodian, care worker.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 keeper
    \
    cuidador,-ra de perros dog handler
    * * *
    cuidador, -a
    SM / F
    1) [de niños] childminder; [de enfermos] carer
    2) [de caballos] trainer; [de zoo] keeper, zookeeper; [de terreno] caretaker
    3) (Boxeo) second
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino ( de niños) baby sitter (AmE), childminder (BrE); ( de animales) zookeeper; ( de coches) attendant
    * * *
    = caregiver, sitter, carer, minder, home help, caretaker.
    Ex. These are reference materials that may be useful to librarians who serve practitioners, researchers, caregivers, interested non-professionals and the elderly who wish to learn about the psychology of adult development and aging.
    Ex. One of the questions that a reference librarian might be asked is, 'Is there some organization that could find a sitter for my invalid brother so I could get out sometimes? I can't afford a nurse'.
    Ex. The poverty of the majority of social workers' clients -- who are either women at home with dependent children, or single parents, or the elderly, or carers -- is increasing in absolute terms.
    Ex. Education for librarianship should concern itself with encouraging self-reliance and sustained questioning rather than training servile machine minders.
    Ex. A library service for home helps and their pensioner clients has been set up.
    Ex. Frequently, the creators and caretakers of a data base have an irresistible impulse to give it a fixup, a paint job, or a new colour scheme.
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    * cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.
    * cuidador de niños = childminder.
    * cuidadores = care staff.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino ( de niños) baby sitter (AmE), childminder (BrE); ( de animales) zookeeper; ( de coches) attendant
    * * *
    = caregiver, sitter, carer, minder, home help, caretaker.

    Ex: These are reference materials that may be useful to librarians who serve practitioners, researchers, caregivers, interested non-professionals and the elderly who wish to learn about the psychology of adult development and aging.

    Ex: One of the questions that a reference librarian might be asked is, 'Is there some organization that could find a sitter for my invalid brother so I could get out sometimes? I can't afford a nurse'.
    Ex: The poverty of the majority of social workers' clients -- who are either women at home with dependent children, or single parents, or the elderly, or carers -- is increasing in absolute terms.
    Ex: Education for librarianship should concern itself with encouraging self-reliance and sustained questioning rather than training servile machine minders.
    Ex: A library service for home helps and their pensioner clients has been set up.
    Ex: Frequently, the creators and caretakers of a data base have an irresistible impulse to give it a fixup, a paint job, or a new colour scheme.
    * cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.
    * cuidador de niños = childminder.
    * cuidadores = care staff.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    1 (de niños) childminder (de enfermos, discapacitados) carer
    2 (de coches) attendant
    3 (de terreno) caretaker
    * * *

    cuidador
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino ( de niños) baby sitter (AmE), childminder (BrE);


    ( de animales) zookeeper;
    (Esp) ( de discapacitados) carer
    ' cuidador' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    casero
    English:
    carer
    - keeper
    * * *
    cuidador, -ora nm,f
    1. [de anciano] carer;
    [de niño] childminder;
    el cuidador de los monos the person who looks after the monkeys
    2. [de parque] attendant
    3. Dep trainer
    * * *
    m
    1 de niños childminder; de ancianos carer
    2 de animales keeper

    Spanish-English dictionary > cuidador

  • 70 de Venezuela

    (n./adj.) = Venezuelan
    Ex. Despite the country's oil wealt, 75 percent of Venezuelans are poor and 40 percent live in extreme poverty.
    * * *
    (n./adj.) = Venezuelan

    Ex: Despite the country's oil wealt, 75 percent of Venezuelans are poor and 40 percent live in extreme poverty.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de Venezuela

  • 71 de un modo remunerado

    Ex. The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.
    * * *

    Ex: The incapacity of the industrial sector to gainfully employ the surplus labour from agriculture have aggravated the situation of poverty, unemployment, and landlessness in the countryside.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de un modo remunerado

  • 72 degeneración

    f.
    degeneration, bastardisation, degeneracy, bastardization.
    * * *
    1 degeneration
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=proceso) degeneration (en into)
    2) (=estado) degeneracy
    * * *
    a) ( deterioro) degeneration
    b) ( cualidad) degeneracy
    * * *
    = degeneration, degeneracy, bastardisation [bastardization, -USA], depravation.
    Ex. The article 'The degeneration of the work of man' examines the work of hunter/gathers, farmers, factory workers, and information handlers from the Ice Age to the Information Age.
    Ex. A systematic search for degeneracy was performed for 430,472 chemical structures.
    Ex. As someone who has worked in and for real libraries my entire adult life, I continue to take exception to this bastardization of the term.
    Ex. Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.
    ----
    * degeneración grasa = fatty degeneration.
    * degeneración moral = moral decay.
    * * *
    a) ( deterioro) degeneration
    b) ( cualidad) degeneracy
    * * *
    = degeneration, degeneracy, bastardisation [bastardization, -USA], depravation.

    Ex: The article 'The degeneration of the work of man' examines the work of hunter/gathers, farmers, factory workers, and information handlers from the Ice Age to the Information Age.

    Ex: A systematic search for degeneracy was performed for 430,472 chemical structures.
    Ex: As someone who has worked in and for real libraries my entire adult life, I continue to take exception to this bastardization of the term.
    Ex: Poverty and depravation impacts on those directly affected and also influences the well being of the whole macro structure of the nation.
    * degeneración grasa = fatty degeneration.
    * degeneración moral = moral decay.

    * * *
    1 (deterioro) degeneration
    2 (cualidad) degeneracy
    * * *

    degeneración sustantivo femenino degeneration
    ' degeneración' also found in these entries:
    English:
    degeneration
    * * *
    degeneration
    * * *
    f degeneration
    * * *
    1) : degeneration
    2) : degeneracy, depravity

    Spanish-English dictionary > degeneración

  • 73 descartar una idea

    (v.) = dismiss + idea, discount + notion
    Ex. The author dismisses the idea that artificial intelligence requires immediate attention since there are many other more pressing problems in need of solution.
    Ex. The Western concept of development necessarily implies affluence, and discounts the notion that poverty, when allied to dignity, can in itself be a value worth cultivating.
    * * *
    (v.) = dismiss + idea, discount + notion

    Ex: The author dismisses the idea that artificial intelligence requires immediate attention since there are many other more pressing problems in need of solution.

    Ex: The Western concept of development necessarily implies affluence, and discounts the notion that poverty, when allied to dignity, can in itself be a value worth cultivating.

    Spanish-English dictionary > descartar una idea

  • 74 desempleo

    m.
    unemployment.
    desempleo de larga duración long-term unemployment
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desemplear.
    * * *
    1 unemployment
    \
    cobrar el desempleo to be on the dole, (US be on welfare)
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=falta de trabajo) unemployment
    2) (=subsidio) unemployment benefit
    * * *
    a) ( situación) unemployment
    b) ( subsidio) unemployment benefit
    * * *
    = unemployment, joblessness.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. The growth of poverty and joblessness, new immigrant populations, and the ubiquitous need for technical literacy continue to increase the significance of the public library's role in lifelong learning = En los Estados Unidos, el aumento de la pobreza y el desempleo, la nueva población de inmigrantes y la necesidad de poseer conocimientos básicos en tecnología continúa aumentando la importancia del papel de la biblioteca pública en el aprendizaje permanente.
    ----
    * desempleo oculto = hidden unemployment.
    * oficina de desempleo = employment bureau, employment centre, job centre.
    * reducto de desempleo = pocket of unemployment.
    * subsidio de desempleo = income continuation insurance, unemployment compensation, unemployment benefit.
    * tasa de desempleo = unemployment rate, jobless rate.
    * zona de desempleo = pocket of unemployment.
    * * *
    a) ( situación) unemployment
    b) ( subsidio) unemployment benefit
    * * *
    = unemployment, joblessness.

    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.

    Ex: The growth of poverty and joblessness, new immigrant populations, and the ubiquitous need for technical literacy continue to increase the significance of the public library's role in lifelong learning = En los Estados Unidos, el aumento de la pobreza y el desempleo, la nueva población de inmigrantes y la necesidad de poseer conocimientos básicos en tecnología continúa aumentando la importancia del papel de la biblioteca pública en el aprendizaje permanente.
    * desempleo oculto = hidden unemployment.
    * oficina de desempleo = employment bureau, employment centre, job centre.
    * reducto de desempleo = pocket of unemployment.
    * subsidio de desempleo = income continuation insurance, unemployment compensation, unemployment benefit.
    * tasa de desempleo = unemployment rate, jobless rate.
    * zona de desempleo = pocket of unemployment.

    * * *
    1 (situación) unemployment
    nivel de desempleo level of unemployment
    2 (subsidio) unemployment benefit
    cobrar el desempleo to receive unemployment benefit
    * * *

    desempleo sustantivo masculino


    desempleo sustantivo masculino unemployment
    ' desempleo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    paro
    - prestación
    - subsidio
    - tasa
    - cesantía
    - seguro
    English:
    idleness
    - joblessness
    - redundancy
    - unemployment
    - unemployment benefit
    - unemployment compensation
    - dole
    - high
    - sign
    * * *
    1. [falta de empleo] unemployment;
    una de las tasas de desempleo más altas de Europa one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe;
    estar en el desempleo to be unemployed
    desempleo de larga duración long-term unemployment
    2. [subsidio] unemployment benefit;
    cobrar el desempleo to receive unemployment benefit
    * * *
    m unemployment;
    desempleo de larga duración long-term unemployment
    * * *
    : unemployment
    * * *
    desempleo n unemployment

    Spanish-English dictionary > desempleo

  • 75 desviar + Posesivo + atención

    (v.) = divert + Posesivo + attention
    Ex. The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.
    * * *
    (v.) = divert + Posesivo + attention

    Ex: The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desviar + Posesivo + atención

  • 76 disfrutar al máximo

    (v.) = enjoy + every minute of, love + every minute of it
    Ex. Many had never even been to Stratford before so they enjoyed every minute of that trip!.
    Ex. I loved every minute of it and it made me see just how poverty stricken Jamaica really is!.
    * * *
    (v.) = enjoy + every minute of, love + every minute of it

    Ex: Many had never even been to Stratford before so they enjoyed every minute of that trip!.

    Ex: I loved every minute of it and it made me see just how poverty stricken Jamaica really is!.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disfrutar al máximo

  • 77 disfrutar como un enano

    (v.) = love + every minute of it, have + a ball, have + a whale of a time, enjoy + every minute of
    Ex. I loved every minute of it and it made me see just how poverty stricken Jamaica really is!.
    Ex. We had a ball at the weekend event, especially while hanging out with friends such as Willis.
    Ex. She was having a whale of a time, spoilt rotten by her friends, and so enamoured of the beach that she wanted to stay there for ever.
    Ex. Many had never even been to Stratford before so they enjoyed every minute of that trip!.
    * * *
    (v.) = love + every minute of it, have + a ball, have + a whale of a time, enjoy + every minute of

    Ex: I loved every minute of it and it made me see just how poverty stricken Jamaica really is!.

    Ex: We had a ball at the weekend event, especially while hanging out with friends such as Willis.
    Ex: She was having a whale of a time, spoilt rotten by her friends, and so enamoured of the beach that she wanted to stay there for ever.
    Ex: Many had never even been to Stratford before so they enjoyed every minute of that trip!.

    Spanish-English dictionary > disfrutar como un enano

  • 78 distraer + Posesivo + atención

    (v.) = divert + Posesivo + attention
    Ex. The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.
    * * *
    (v.) = divert + Posesivo + attention

    Ex: The global war on terror is diverting attention from the main causes of instability: poverty, disease, environment.

    Spanish-English dictionary > distraer + Posesivo + atención

  • 79 el dinero es el origen de todos los males

    Ex. Be that as it may, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, money is not the root of all evil, it is poverty which is the worst of crimes of humanity.
    * * *

    Ex: Be that as it may, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, money is not the root of all evil, it is poverty which is the worst of crimes of humanity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el dinero es el origen de todos los males

  • 80 el dinero es la fuente de todos los males

    Ex. Be that as it may, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, money is not the root of all evil, it is poverty which is the worst of crimes of humanity.
    * * *

    Ex: Be that as it may, to paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, money is not the root of all evil, it is poverty which is the worst of crimes of humanity.

    Spanish-English dictionary > el dinero es la fuente de todos los males

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