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1 quebradero de cabeza
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2 preocupación
f.1 worry, trouble, concern, care.2 worry, concern.3 preoccupation, anxious care, pre-occupation, preoccupancy.* * *1 worry* * *noun f.concern, preoccupation, worry* * *SF1) (=inquietud) worry, concern; (=miedo) feartiene la preocupación de que su mujer le es infiel — he is worried that his wife is unfaithful to him
2) LAm (=preferencia) special consideration, priority, preference* * *a) ( problema) worryb) ( inquietud) concern* * *= concern, preoccupation, solicitude, worry, dismay.Ex. There is some concern that much of the value of the data base may be negated if it does not seek to cover all materials which libraries might acquire.Ex. In our preoccupation with technology, we must not lose sight of the ideology of the catalog.Ex. There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.Ex. Their worries are not altogether unfounded but they are sometimes carried too far.Ex. The author expresses dismay at the nearly total eradication of the arts from schools in America.----* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.* causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.* crear una preocupación = create + concern.* despreocupación = nonchalance.* expresar preocupación = voice + concern.* expresar preocupación por = express + alarm at.* libre de preocupaciones = worry-free.* mostrar preocupación (por) = express + concern (at), express + Posesivo + dismay (at).* motivo de preocupación = cause for alarm, cause for concern, cause of concern.* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).* preocupación excesiva = overconcern.* preocupación por el estatus = status-anxiety.* preocupación por el medio ambiente = environmentalism.* preocupación por uno mismo = self-concern.* quitar una preocupación = allay + concern.* ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.* sin preocupaciones = carefree, worry-free.* trabajar sin preocupaciones = work along.* vivir sin preocupaciones = live without + worries.* * *a) ( problema) worryb) ( inquietud) concern* * *= concern, preoccupation, solicitude, worry, dismay.Ex: There is some concern that much of the value of the data base may be negated if it does not seek to cover all materials which libraries might acquire.
Ex: In our preoccupation with technology, we must not lose sight of the ideology of the catalog.Ex: There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.Ex: Their worries are not altogether unfounded but they are sometimes carried too far.Ex: The author expresses dismay at the nearly total eradication of the arts from schools in America.* agobiado por las preocupaciones = careworn.* causar preocupación = evoke + concern, cause + concern.* crear una preocupación = create + concern.* despreocupación = nonchalance.* expresar preocupación = voice + concern.* expresar preocupación por = express + alarm at.* libre de preocupaciones = worry-free.* mostrar preocupación (por) = express + concern (at), express + Posesivo + dismay (at).* motivo de preocupación = cause for alarm, cause for concern, cause of concern.* preocupación cada vez mayor (por) = growing concern (about).* preocupación excesiva = overconcern.* preocupación por el estatus = status-anxiety.* preocupación por el medio ambiente = environmentalism.* preocupación por uno mismo = self-concern.* quitar una preocupación = allay + concern.* ser motivo de preocupación = loom + large.* sin preocupaciones = carefree, worry-free.* trabajar sin preocupaciones = work along.* vivir sin preocupaciones = live without + worries.* * *1 (problema) worrytiene tantas preocupaciones que no puede dormir he has so many worries that he can't sleeples causa muchas preocupaciones she causes them a lot of worry o problemssu mayor preocupación es el bienestar de sus hijos her main worry o concern is for the well-being of her children2 (inquietud) concernla subida del precio del petróleo es un motivo de preocupación the rise in oil prices is cause for concernla contaminación es una de las principales causas de preocupación en las grandes ciudades pollution is one of the main worries o one of the main causes for concern in large cities* * *
preocupación sustantivo femenino
◊ les causa muchas preocupaciones she causes them a lot of worry o problems
preocupación sustantivo femenino worry, concern: tiene muchas preocupaciones, he has a lot of problems
' preocupación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
despreocuparse
- disgusto
- miedo
- mirar
- peso
- respiro
- sonar
- tranquila
- tranquilo
- vivir
- abstraerse
- ansiedad
- aprensión
- comedura de coco
- cuidado
- evitar
- inquietud
- mayor
- tranquilidad
- tranquilizar
- vela
English:
alarm
- anxiety
- care
- concern
- genuine
- nagging
- preoccupation
- worry
- anxious
- anxiously
- concerned
- do
- drinking
- sick
- troubled
- world
- worried
* * *preocupación nfconcern, worry;mi mayor preocupación es no perder el empleo my main concern is not to lose my job;su preocupación por el dinero ha llegado a alturas absurdas his preoccupation with money has reached absurd heights;para él no existen las preocupaciones he doesn't have a care in the world* * *f worry, concern* * ** * *preocupación n worry [pl. worries] -
3 liberar de
v.to free from, to relieve from, to exempt from, to loose from.Liberaron a María de la cárcel The freed Mary from prison.* * *(v.) = lift from, discharge fromEx. A system of values lifts the librarian from preoccupation with the mundane and points him towards what is truly important.Ex. Failure to do so will discharge SWETS from any liability with respect to any shortcomings in the products = Si no se hace así, SWETS quedará exempto de cualquier responsabilidad legal en relación con cualquier deficiencia que puedan presentar los productos.* * *(v.) = lift from, discharge fromEx: A system of values lifts the librarian from preoccupation with the mundane and points him towards what is truly important.
Ex: Failure to do so will discharge SWETS from any liability with respect to any shortcomings in the products = Si no se hace así, SWETS quedará exempto de cualquier responsabilidad legal en relación con cualquier deficiencia que puedan presentar los productos. -
4 pedantería
f.pedantry, vanity, boasting, bragging.* * *1 pedantry, pomposity* * *SF [gen] pedantry; (=pomposidad) pomposity, conceit* * *femenino pedantry* * *= pedantry, pretentiousness.Ex. Foskett warns against excessive preoccupation with detail which he dismisses as 'merely pedantry'.Ex. His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia.* * *femenino pedantry* * *= pedantry, pretentiousness.Ex: Foskett warns against excessive preoccupation with detail which he dismisses as 'merely pedantry'.
Ex: His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia.* * *pedantry* * *
pedantería sustantivo femenino
pedantry
pedantería sustantivo femenino pedantry
' pedantería' also found in these entries:
English:
pedantically
* * *pedantería nf1. [cualidad] pretentiousness2. [dicho, hecho] piece of pretentiousness* * *f1 ( perfeccionismo) pedantry2 ( presunción) pretentiousness* * *pedantería nf: pedantry -
5 sistema de valores
(n.) = system of values, value systemEx. A system of values lifts the librarian from preoccupation with the mundane and points him towards what is truly important.Ex. Male heavy and light readers are found to have value systems so discrepant as to constitute almost distinct subcultures.* * *(n.) = system of values, value systemEx: A system of values lifts the librarian from preoccupation with the mundane and points him towards what is truly important.
Ex: Male heavy and light readers are found to have value systems so discrepant as to constitute almost distinct subcultures. -
6 desvelo
m.1 sleeplessness, insomnia (insomnio).2 lack of sleep, wakefulness, insomnia, sleeplessness.3 preoccupation, anxiety, care, pre-occupation.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desvelar.* * *1 (insomnio) sleeplessness, insomnia2 (dedicación) devotion, dedication1 (esfuerzos) efforts, pains* * *SM1) (=falta de sueño) lack of sleep, sleeplessness2) (=vigilancia) watchfulness* * *1) ( insomnio) sleeplessnessasí me pagas todos mis desvelos! — this is the thanks I get for my pains o for all I've done for you
* * *= solicitude.Ex. There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.* * *1) ( insomnio) sleeplessnessasí me pagas todos mis desvelos! — this is the thanks I get for my pains o for all I've done for you
* * *= solicitude.Ex: There were moments when he could be almost affectionate, moments when his thoughts did not seem to be turned inward upon his own anxious solicitudes.
* * *A (insomnio) sleeplessnessnoches de desvelo sleepless nights(esfuerzos): ¡así me pagas todos mis desvelos! this is the thanks I get for my pains o for all I've done for youel fruto de sus desvelos the fruit of his efforts* * *
Del verbo desvelar: ( conjugate desvelar)
desvelo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
desveló es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
desvelar
desvelo
desvelar ( conjugate desvelar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ persona› to keep … awake, stop … from sleeping
2 (Esp) See Also→◊ develar
desvelarse verbo pronominal ( perder el sueño):
desvelo sustantivo masculino
1 ( insomnio) sleeplessness
2
desvelar verbo transitivo
1 (no dejar dormir) to keep awake
2 (descubrir, revelar) to reveal
* * *desvelo nm1. [insomnio] sleeplessness, insomnia;una noche de desvelo a sleepless nighta pesar de nuestros desvelos… despite all our care and effort…* * *m1 sleeplessness2:desvelos pl efforts* * *desvelo nm1) : sleeplessness2) desvelos nmpl: efforts, pains -
7 obsesión
f.1 obsession, compulsion, fixedness.2 fixed idea, fixation.* * *1 obsession* * *noun f.* * *SF obsession* * *femenino obsessiontenía la obsesión de que... — she was obsessed with the idea that...
* * *= compulsion, obsession, infatuation (with), fixation.Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.Ex. The article concludes that the recent obsession with image and stereotype extends beyond librarianship.Ex. His gushing evaluations of MacDonald's performances suggest that he has never recovered from a youthful infatuation with the star.Ex. By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.----* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).* * *femenino obsessiontenía la obsesión de que... — she was obsessed with the idea that...
* * *= compulsion, obsession, infatuation (with), fixation.Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
Ex: The article concludes that the recent obsession with image and stereotype extends beyond librarianship.Ex: His gushing evaluations of MacDonald's performances suggest that he has never recovered from a youthful infatuation with the star.Ex: By conscious or unconscious fixation on this single, already passé, facet of data processing technology we risk totally ignoring the other functions of a catalog.* tener obsesión con = be hipped (on/to), get hipped (on/to).* * *obsessionse había convertido en una obsesión para él it had become an obsession with himtenía la obsesión de que moriría joven she was obsessed with the idea that she would die young* * *
obsesión sustantivo femenino
obsession
obsesión sustantivo femenino obsession
' obsesión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
manía
English:
bug
- compulsion
- get under
- obsession
- fixation
- preoccupation
* * *obsesión nfobsession;tiene la obsesión de que va a suceder de nuevo he's obsessed with the idea that it's going to happen again* * *f obsession* * ** * *obsesión n obsession -
8 ofender
v.1 to insult.tus palabras me ofenden I feel insulted2 to offend.María ofendió a su suegra Mary offended her mother-in-law.Estos poemas ofenden el intelecto These poems offend the intellect.3 to cause offense.4 to be offensive, to give offense, to offend.Sus comentarios ofenden Her comments are offensive.* * *1 (herir) to offend■ no quisiera ofenderte, pero... no offence, but...2 (disgustar) to hurt1 to get offended\ofenderse por nada to be quick to take offence* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=agraviar) to offend(dicho) sin ánimo de ofender, no es que tu marido sea un santo — no offence meant, but your husband's no saint
2) [+ sentido] to offend, be offensive to3) Méx ** [+ mujer] to touch up **, feel **2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( agraviar) to offendb) < buen gusto> to offend against2.ofenderse v pron to take offense*no te ofendas, pero... — don't be offended, but...
* * *= offend, demean, insult, sour, tread on + toes, diss.Nota: Derivado del verbo disrespect.Ex. The telephone provokes a range of interesting problems, and one hopes not to offend callers but rather to minimize the distraction of telephone transactions.Ex. While there have been some praiseworthy improvements over the past few years, many biased headings persist which demean the very people who use the catalog.Ex. This insults staff by suggesting they did not work hard previously and is harmful to morale because goals are not attainable.Ex. His poetry is characterized by a distinctive and attractive tone that is neither sentimental nor soured by experience.Ex. For all the indisputable good the Dalai Lama does in terms of spiritual guidance, he seems reluctant to tread on any political toes.Ex. And she has the gall to diss a Nobel Prize winner who isn't even in the academic world.----* ofender a Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.* ofenderse = take + things personally, pique.* ofenderse por = take + exception to the idea that, take + exception to.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( agraviar) to offendb) < buen gusto> to offend against2.ofenderse v pron to take offense*no te ofendas, pero... — don't be offended, but...
* * *= offend, demean, insult, sour, tread on + toes, diss.Nota: Derivado del verbo disrespect.Ex: The telephone provokes a range of interesting problems, and one hopes not to offend callers but rather to minimize the distraction of telephone transactions.
Ex: While there have been some praiseworthy improvements over the past few years, many biased headings persist which demean the very people who use the catalog.Ex: This insults staff by suggesting they did not work hard previously and is harmful to morale because goals are not attainable.Ex: His poetry is characterized by a distinctive and attractive tone that is neither sentimental nor soured by experience.Ex: For all the indisputable good the Dalai Lama does in terms of spiritual guidance, he seems reluctant to tread on any political toes.Ex: And she has the gall to diss a Nobel Prize winner who isn't even in the academic world.* ofender a Alguien = incur + Posesivo + wrath.* ofenderse = take + things personally, pique.* ofenderse por = take + exception to the idea that, take + exception to.* * *ofender [E1 ]vt1 (agraviar) to offendsus palabras me ofendieron I was offended by what she saidofender a Dios to sinofender la memoria de algn to insult sb's memoryno quise ofenderla I didn't mean to offend herestá ofendido porque no lo invitaste he feels o is offended because you didn't invite him2 ‹buen gusto› to offend againstuna combinación de colores que ofende la vista a combination of colors which offends the eyeto take offense*se ofende por cualquier cosa he gets offended by the slightest thing, he takes offense at the slightest thingse ofendió porque no la invitaron she was offended o took offense because they didn't invite herno te ofendas, pero … don't be offended, but …* * *
ofender ( conjugate ofender) verbo transitivo
to offend
ofenderse verbo pronominal
to take offense( conjugate offense)
ofender verbo transitivo to offend
' ofender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ánimo
- faltar
- zaherir
- insultar
- mentiroso
- molestar
English:
hurt
- insult
- offence
- offend
- put out
- upset
- wrong
- intend
- preoccupation
* * *♦ vt1. [injuriar, molestar] to offend;tus palabras me ofenden your words offend me;disculpa si te he ofendido en algo I'm sorry if I've offended you in some way2. [a la vista, al oído] to offend;una monstruosidad arquitectónica que ofende la vista an architectural monstrosity that offends the eye♦ vito cause offence* * *v/t offend* * *ofender vtagraviar: to offend, to insultofender vi: to offend, to be insulting* * *ofender vb to offend -
9 desvelos
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10 complejo
• Byzantine• complex• complexus• complicated• daedal• Daedalian• exaggerated concern• exaggerated feeling• Gopher for Nextstep• Gordon technique• intricate• labyrinthic• lac• mental fear• preoccupation• tangle• tanglement -
11 desvelo
• anxiety• insolvent debtor• insomniac• lack of sincerity• lack of spirit• preoccupation• sleeplessness• solicitude• wakeful• waken -
12 dolor de cabeza
• cephalalgia• cephalea• head wind• headband• preoccupation• worrisome• worry about -
13 dolor de cabeza constante
• cephalalgia• constant headache• preoccupation• splitting headacheDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > dolor de cabeza constante
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14 preocupación
• anxious care• concern• fretfulness• preoccupancy• preoccupation• worriedly• worrisome• worry about• worry oneself to death• worryingly -
15 ablutomanía
f.ablutomania, abnormal or morbid preoccupation with thoughts about cleanliness. -
16 demonomanía
f.1 religious insanity.2 demonomania, abnormal religious fear and preoccupation about demons and hell, demonopathy, demonophobia. -
17 grave preocupación
f.serious preoccupation, concern, anxiousness, anxiety. -
18 preocupación constante
f.constant headache, constant preoccupation.
См. также в других словарях:
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PRÉOCCUPATION — s. f. Disposition d un esprit tellement occupé d un seul objet, qu il ne peut faire attention à aucun autre. Il est dans une telle préoccupation d esprit, que vous lui parleriez en vain d une autre affaire que de la sienne. S il vous a répondu de … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)