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  • 81 elocuente

    adj.
    eloquent.
    se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent silence
    una mirada elocuente a meaningful look
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    1 eloquent
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    adj.
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    adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent
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    = articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.
    Ex. Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.
    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.
    Ex. H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.
    Ex. No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.
    Ex. Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
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    adjetivo <persona/discurso> eloquent, articulate; <mirada/gesto/silencio> eloquent
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    = articulate, eloquent, pregnant, elocuted, vocal, smooth-talking.

    Ex: Although I am not sure that research libraries' spokespersons are more articulate than others, their cataloging needs receive attention from the Library of Congress and from the American Library Association.

    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.
    Ex: H M Kalen, writing in the 'Encyclopedia of the social sciences', supplies the terse but pregnant answer 'What ceases to function, ceases to be'.
    Ex: No one likes that artificial, over-precise articulation acquired by meticulously elocuted people who hang words on the air like so many ice cubes.
    Ex: Koelling has been a vocal advocate for successful digitization projects in the museum community.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

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    1 ‹persona/discurso› eloquent, articulate
    2 ‹mirada/gesto/silencio› eloquent
    las cifras son elocuentes the figures speak for themselves o are eloquent
    un gesto que fue más elocuente que cualquier palabra a gesture that said more than any words could, a gesture that was more eloquent than any words could be
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    elocuente adjetivo
    eloquent
    elocuente adjetivo eloquent: hizo un gesto muy elocuente, he made a very eloquent gesture
    su sonrisa era muy elocuente, her smile was very telling
    ' elocuente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    articulate
    - eloquent
    - fluent
    - pregnant
    - telling
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    1. [persona, discurso, declaraciones] eloquent
    2. [sonrisa, gesto] eloquent, meaningful;
    [hechos, imágenes, datos] eloquent;
    se hizo un silencio elocuente there was an eloquent o a meaningful silence;
    una mirada elocuente an eloquent o a meaningful look;
    los datos son elocuentes the facts speak for themselves
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    adj eloquent
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    : eloquent

    Spanish-English dictionary > elocuente

  • 82 embarazo de adolescentes

    Ex. Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.
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    Ex: Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > embarazo de adolescentes

  • 83 embarazo de menores

    Ex. Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.
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    Ex: Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > embarazo de menores

  • 84 embarazo precoz

    Ex. Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.
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    Ex: Statistics show black family life to be an appalling concoction of poverty, shooting and rampant teenage pregnancy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > embarazo precoz

  • 85 empeorar una situación

    (v.) = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation
    Ex. The situation has been exacerbated by falling book sales.
    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.
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    (v.) = exacerbate + situation, aggravate + situation

    Ex: The situation has been exacerbated by falling book sales.

    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 > empeorar una situación

  • 86 empleo irregular

    Ex. Migrant farm workers typically receive low wages from irregular employment and live in poverty with access to only substandard housing and inadequate health care.
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    Ex: Migrant farm workers typically receive low wages from irregular employment and live in poverty with access to only substandard housing and inadequate health care.

    Spanish-English dictionary > empleo irregular

  • 87 en algunos sentidos

    Ex. Even countries which have well-developed economic infrastructures may in some respects experience poverty of information, particularly in rural areas.
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    Ex: Even countries which have well-developed economic infrastructures may in some respects experience poverty of information, particularly in rural areas.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en algunos sentidos

  • 88 en cierto sentido

    in a sense
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    = in several respects, to some extent, in a sense, in some respects, to some degree
    Ex. This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects, and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth.
    Ex. To some extent, at least, any theory designed to study this process evolves from practice rather than vice versa.
    Ex. In a sense she was relieved, because, while she thought that she had acquitted herself reasonably well, she wanted next time to be better prepared.
    Ex. Even countries which have well-developed economic infrastructures may in some respects experience poverty of information, particularly in rural areas.
    Ex. All successful managers are autocratic to some degree.
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    = in several respects, to some extent, in a sense, in some respects, to some degree

    Ex: This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects, and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth.

    Ex: To some extent, at least, any theory designed to study this process evolves from practice rather than vice versa.
    Ex: In a sense she was relieved, because, while she thought that she had acquitted herself reasonably well, she wanted next time to be better prepared.
    Ex: Even countries which have well-developed economic infrastructures may in some respects experience poverty of information, particularly in rural areas.
    Ex: All successful managers are autocratic to some degree.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en cierto sentido

  • 89 en términos absolutos

    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.
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    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en términos absolutos

  • 90 escritorzuelo

    m.
    1 a poor writer.
    2 bad writer, scribbler, penny-a-liner.
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    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (gen) scribbler; (periodista) hack
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    escritorzuelo, -a
    SM / F hack, hack writer, scribbler
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    = hack.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    * * *
    = hack.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.

    * * *
    : hack (writer)

    Spanish-English dictionary > escritorzuelo

  • 91 escuchimizado

    adj.
    very thin.
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    1→ link=escuchimizarse escuchimizarse
    1 familiar puny, scrawny
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    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], nesh, gaunt.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
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    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], nesh, gaunt.

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

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    ( Esp fam) puny, scrawny
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    escuchimizado,-a adj fam scrawny, puny: solamente había dos gatos escuchimizados en el jardín, there were just two scrawny cats in the garden
    ' escuchimizado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuchimizada
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    escuchimizado, -a Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    skinny, thin as a rake
    ♦ nm,f
    skinny person
    * * *
    adj fam
    puny fam, scrawny fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuchimizado

  • 92 escuálido

    adj.
    squalid, filthy.
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    1 (delgado) emaciated, extremely thin, skinny
    2 (sucio) squalid, filthy
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    ADJ
    1) (=delgado) skinny, scraggy
    2) (=sucio) squalid, filthy
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    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
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    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
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    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
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    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

    Ex: The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

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    A ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny
    B ‹lugar› squalid
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    escuálido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny

    escuálido,-a adjetivo emaciated

    ' escuálido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuálida
    English:
    scraggy
    - emaciated
    - scrawny
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    escuálido, -a adj
    emaciated
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    adj skinny, emaciated
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    escuálido, -da adj
    1) : skinny, scrawny
    2) inmundo: filthy, squalid

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuálido

  • 93 euforia

    f.
    euphoria, elation.
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    1 euphoria, elation
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    femenino elation, euphoria
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    = euphoria, exuberance, exhilaration, feel-good factor.
    Ex. In short, when the participants in IFLA's Second Congress arrived, they found the country in the throes of a library euphoria.
    Ex. Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.
    Ex. The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    Ex. Wine's feel-good factor makes it easy to forget that too many of the world's grape growers and pickers live on the poverty line.
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    * calmar la euforia = dampen + Posesivo + excitement.
    * euforia desmedida = irrational exuberance.
    * sensación de euforia = feel-good factor.
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    femenino elation, euphoria
    * * *
    = euphoria, exuberance, exhilaration, feel-good factor.

    Ex: In short, when the participants in IFLA's Second Congress arrived, they found the country in the throes of a library euphoria.

    Ex: Exuberance and enthusiasm are proper to the young, as Quintillian remarked: 'The young should be daring and inventive and should rejoice in their inventions, even though correctiveness and severity are still to be acquired'.
    Ex: The performance nevertheless falls flat due to the singers' failure to create true exhilaration.
    Ex: Wine's feel-good factor makes it easy to forget that too many of the world's grape growers and pickers live on the poverty line.
    * calmar la euforia = dampen + Posesivo + excitement.
    * euforia desmedida = irrational exuberance.
    * sensación de euforia = feel-good factor.

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    elation, euphoria
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    euforia sustantivo femenino
    elation, euphoria
    euforia sustantivo femenino euphoria
    ' euforia' also found in these entries:
    English:
    elation
    - euphoria
    - flush
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    euphoria, elation;
    daban gritos de euforia they were shouting euphorically;
    sentía una gran euforia he felt very elated
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    f euphoria
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    : euphoria, joyousness

    Spanish-English dictionary > euforia

  • 94 excéntrico

    adj.
    eccentric, odd, weird, cranky.
    m.
    eccentric, screwball, rara avis, weirdie.
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    1 eccentric
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    (f. - excéntrica)
    noun adj.
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    excéntrico, -a
    ADJ SM / F eccentric
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    - ca adjetivo/masculino, femenino eccentric
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    = eccentric, crank, oddball [odd ball], kooky, flaky [flakey], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.].
    Ex. The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.
    Ex. The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex. Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex. Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex. Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex. 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.
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    - ca adjetivo/masculino, femenino eccentric
    * * *
    = eccentric, crank, oddball [odd ball], kooky, flaky [flakey], wacky [wackier -comp., wackiest -sup.].

    Ex: The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.

    Ex: The British Museum Reading Room is filled with cranks, hacks, poverty-stricken scholars who cherish their hobby.
    Ex: Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex: Some librarians think people making these kinds of requests for responsive, contemporaneous headings, and for different cataloging practices are sort of kooky, unrealistic, oddballs.
    Ex: Children who were in some way different were excused from family responsibilities in childhood because they were, for example, 'spoiled,' a 'problem child,' or ' flaky'.
    Ex: 'Open Season' is a wild and wacky animated comedy set in the town of Timberline.

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    1 ‹conducta/persona› eccentric
    2 ( Mat, Tec) eccentric
    masculine, feminine
    eccentric
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    excéntrico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino

    eccentric
    excéntrico,-a adjetivo eccentric

    ' excéntrico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    excéntrica
    English:
    crank
    - eccentric
    - flaky
    - intrigue
    - off-beat
    - queer
    - wacky
    - screw
    * * *
    excéntrico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [extravagante] eccentric
    2. Geom eccentric
    ♦ nm,f
    eccentric
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    I adj eccentric
    II m, excéntrica f eccentric
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    excéntrico, -ca adj & n
    : eccentric
    * * *
    excéntrico adj eccentric

    Spanish-English dictionary > excéntrico

  • 95 faltar a clase

    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school
    Ex. She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.
    Ex. Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex. They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex. Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex. Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex. He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex. Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.
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    (v.) = play + hooky, skip + class, play + truant, bunk off, bunk + classes, skive, bunk + school

    Ex: She admitted to having been the ringleader of the girls who played hooky.

    Ex: Some students, whose motivation is not too strong, resist the temptation to skip classes if they know that they will be examined at the end of the course.
    Ex: They were like two peas in a pod but the only problem was that they did not like school and often played truant.
    Ex: Kids are bunking off school with their parent's permission, according to a new report.
    Ex: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).
    Ex: He sat on walls, with the others when they skived school, swigging the very cheapest, tartest cider straight from two-litre bottles.
    Ex: Poverty means they are more likely to bunk school, enter crime and die younger.

    Spanish-English dictionary > faltar a clase

  • 96 familia problemática

    Ex. It is here that grinding poverty exists side by side with poor housing and amenities, unemployment, substandard education, racial tensions and a higher than average level of one-parent families and problem families.
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    Ex: It is here that grinding poverty exists side by side with poor housing and amenities, unemployment, substandard education, racial tensions and a higher than average level of one-parent families and problem families.

    Spanish-English dictionary > familia problemática

  • 97 fascinar

    v.
    1 to fascinate.
    me fascinan Klee y Kandinsky I love o adore Klee and Kandinsky
    El fuego fascina a Buck Fire fascinates Buck.
    Mi vestido fascina My dress fascinates.
    La música fascina a Ricardo Music fascinates Richard.
    2 to be delighted to, to love to.
    Me fascina bailar I am delighted to dance.
    3 to be delighted with, to love.
    Me fascina la luna llena I am delighted with the full moon.
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    1 to fascinate, captivate
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    verb
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    VT to fascinate, captivate
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    1.
    verbo intransitivo (fam) (+ me/te/le etc)

    ¿te gusta? - sí, me fascina — do you like him? - yes, I like him a lot

    2.
    fascinar vt to fascinate, captivate
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    = fascinate, relish, mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA], enchant, charm, rivet, enthral [enthrall, -USA], love + every minute of it, entrance, catch + Posesivo + fancy.
    Ex. Classification fascinated him and he devoted his entire life to its study.
    Ex. They all relish a fast paced working environment, rapid change and constant challenges to traditional notions of what a library and library work should be.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
    Ex. The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
    Ex. We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex. According to this reporter, news is not solely information that shocks and rivets but a reflection of people's chosen lifestyles and the effects those choices have on us.
    Ex. If one encounters a young patron who is an animal lover, the recommendation of a book such as Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' may enthrall him or her.
    Ex. I loved every minute of it and it made me see just how poverty stricken Jamaica really is!.
    Ex. Her husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive.
    Ex. At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
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    * fascinar a = hold + fascination for.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo (fam) (+ me/te/le etc)

    ¿te gusta? - sí, me fascina — do you like him? - yes, I like him a lot

    2.
    fascinar vt to fascinate, captivate
    * * *
    = fascinate, relish, mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA], enchant, charm, rivet, enthral [enthrall, -USA], love + every minute of it, entrance, catch + Posesivo + fancy.

    Ex: Classification fascinated him and he devoted his entire life to its study.

    Ex: They all relish a fast paced working environment, rapid change and constant challenges to traditional notions of what a library and library work should be.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
    Ex: The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
    Ex: We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
    Ex: According to this reporter, news is not solely information that shocks and rivets but a reflection of people's chosen lifestyles and the effects those choices have on us.
    Ex: If one encounters a young patron who is an animal lover, the recommendation of a book such as Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' may enthrall him or her.
    Ex: I loved every minute of it and it made me see just how poverty stricken Jamaica really is!.
    Ex: Her husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive.
    Ex: At nightfall, drop anchor at any place that catch your fancy and the lullaby of the gentle waves put you to sleep.
    * fascinar a = hold + fascination for.

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    fascinar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 ( fam)
    (encantar): ¿te gusta? — sí, me fascina do you like him? — yes, I like him a lot o ( colloq) I'm mad about him
    me fascina ir a la playa I love going to the beach
    2
    (interesar): me fascinó ese programa I found that program fascinating o really interesting
    ■ fascinar
    vt
    to fascinate, captivate
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    fascinar ( conjugate fascinar) verbo intransitivo (fam):

    me fascina viajar I love travelling
    verbo transitivo
    to fascinate, captivate
    fascinar verbo transitivo to fascinate: le fascina el arte medieval, medieval art fascinates her

    ' fascinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cautivar
    - subyugar
    - embrujar
    - hipnotizar
    - seducir
    English:
    fascinate
    - intrigue
    - rivet
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    to fascinate;
    me fascina Klee I love o adore Klee;
    me fascina con su belleza I find her stunningly beautiful;
    su conferencia me fascinó I found her lecture fascinating
    * * *
    v/t fascinate
    * * *
    1) : to fascinate
    2) : to charm, to captivate
    * * *
    fascinar vb to fascinate

    Spanish-English dictionary > fascinar

  • 98 feminización

    f.
    feminization.
    * * *
    = feminisation [feminization, -USA].
    Ex. The feminisation hypothesis holds that the extensive presence of women is responsible for hindering the development of the profession.
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    * feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.
    * * *
    = feminisation [feminization, -USA].

    Ex: The feminisation hypothesis holds that the extensive presence of women is responsible for hindering the development of the profession.

    * feminización de la pobreza = feminisation of poverty.

    * * *
    feminization

    Spanish-English dictionary > feminización

  • 99 flaco

    adj.
    thin, lean, skinny, frail.
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    1 (delgado) thin, skinny
    2 (débil) weak, frail
    1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit
    ————————
    1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit
    * * *
    (f. - flaca)
    adj.
    1) thin, skinny
    2) feeble, weak
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=delgado) thin, skinny *

    años flacos — LAm lean years

    ponerse flaco — LAm to get thin

    2) (=débil) weak, feeble; [memoria] bad, short; LAm [tierra] barren

    su punto flaco — his weak point, his weakness

    2.
    SM (=defecto) failing; (=punto débil) weakness, weak point
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> thin, skinny (colloq)
    b) (AmL) ( como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)
    c) ( insignificante) poor
    * * *
    = skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    ----
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.
    * punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> thin, skinny (colloq)
    b) (AmL) ( como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)
    c) ( insignificante) poor
    * * *
    = skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.
    * punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

    * * *
    flaco -ca
    1 ‹persona› thin
    * * *

     

    flaco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    thin, skinny (colloq)
    flaco,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy delgado) skinny
    2 (débil) weak: tienes flaca memoria, you have a very bad memory
    punto flaco, weak spot

    ' flaco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flaca
    - punto
    - reseca
    - reseco
    - chupado
    - delgado
    English:
    chink
    - disservice
    - lean
    - point
    - rake
    - scrawny
    - skinny
    - thin
    - weakness
    - blind
    - spindly
    * * *
    flaco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [delgado] thin;
    [esquelético] skinny
    2. [frágil] weak;
    su punto flaco es la ortografía his weak point is spelling
    3. [pobre]
    le haces un flaco servicio o [m5] favor mimándolo tanto you're not doing him any favours by spoiling him like that
    ♦ nm,f
    Am Fam [como apelativo]
    ¿cómo estás, flaca? hey, how are you doing?;
    ¿qué auto tiene el flaco? what kind of car has the guy got?
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( delgado) thin
    2 ( débil)
    :
    punto flaco weak point;
    flaco de memoria forgetful
    II m, flaca f thin person
    * * *
    flaco, -ca adj
    1) delgado: thin, skinny
    2) : feeble, weak
    una excusa flaca: a feeble excuse
    * * *
    flaco adj
    1. (delgado) thin [comp. thinner; superl. thinnest]
    2. (débil) weak

    Spanish-English dictionary > flaco

  • 100 gato callejero

    m.
    alley cat.
    * * *
    (n.) = stray cat, alley cat
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot.
    * * *
    (n.) = stray cat, alley cat

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

    Ex: A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gato callejero

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