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1 pretexto
m.pretext, excuse.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pretextar.* * *1 pretext\con el pretexto de on the pretext of* * *noun m.pretext, excuse* * *SM pretextcon el pretexto de que... — on the pretext that...
so pretexto de — frm under pretext of
tomar a pretexto — frm to use as an excuse
* * *masculino pretextno vino con el pretexto de que... — he excused himself from coming, saying that...
so pretexto de — (frml) on the pretext of, under pretext of
* * *= pretence [pretense, -USA], pretext, false pretence.Ex. Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.Ex. The article is entitled 'Online research: an efficient pretext to educate engineers to inform themselves'.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.----* con el pretexto de = under the guise of, under the flag of, in the guise of.* falso pretexto = false pretence.* pretexto muy pobre = lame excuse.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* * *masculino pretextno vino con el pretexto de que... — he excused himself from coming, saying that...
so pretexto de — (frml) on the pretext of, under pretext of
* * *= pretence [pretense, -USA], pretext, false pretence.Ex: Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Online research: an efficient pretext to educate engineers to inform themselves'.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.* con el pretexto de = under the guise of, under the flag of, in the guise of.* falso pretexto = false pretence.* pretexto muy pobre = lame excuse.* pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse.* * *pretextvolvió con el pretexto de recoger el paraguas he went back on the pretext of getting his umbrellano hizo los deberes con el pretexto de que le dolía la cabeza he didn't do his homework, with the excuse that o saying that he had a headachesiempre que llega tarde me sale con algún pretexto every time she's late she comes out with some excuse, she always has an excuse when she arrives lateso pretexto de ( frml); on the pretext of, under pretext of* * *
Del verbo pretextar: ( conjugate pretextar)
pretexto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
pretextó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
pretextar
pretexto
pretexto sustantivo masculino
pretext;◊ volvió con el pretexto de recoger el paraguas he went back on the pretext of getting his umbrella;
siempre sale con algún pretexto she always comes out with some excuse;
bajo ningún pretexto under no circumstances
pretexto sustantivo masculino pretext, excuse
♦ Locuciones: bajo ningún pretexto, under no circumstances
' pretexto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
excusa
- so
English:
plea
- plead
- pretence
- pretense
- pretext
- story
* * *pretexto nmpretext, excuse;que nadie entre en este cuarto bajo ningún pretexto under no circumstances is anyone to enter this room;con el pretexto de que… on the pretext that…;Formalso pretexto de… on the pretext of…* * *m pretext;con (el) pretexto, a pretexto de under the pretext of* * *pretexto nmexcusa: pretext, excuse* * *pretexto n excuse -
2 fingimiento
m.1 pretense.2 feigning, play-acting, dissimulation, disguising.3 pose, dissemblance, act, show.4 affectedness.* * *1 pretence (US pretense), simulation* * *SM pretence, pretense (EEUU), feigning* * *= pretence [pretense, -USA], dissimulation, dissembling.Ex. Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex. The report did not directly accuse them of lying, but used more nuanced terms such as 'mendacity' and ' dissembling'.* * *= pretence [pretense, -USA], dissimulation, dissembling.Ex: Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.
Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.Ex: The report did not directly accuse them of lying, but used more nuanced terms such as 'mendacity' and ' dissembling'.* * *pretense** * *fingimiento nmpretence;su enfado es puro fingimiento he's only pretending to be angry* * *m pretense, Brpretence* * *fingimiento nm: pretense -
3 excusa
f.1 excuse (pretexto, motivo).2 apology.presentó sus excusas he apologizedpres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: excusar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: excusar.* * *1 (pretexto) excuse2 (disculpa) excuse, apology\dar excusas to make excusesofrecer sus excusas / presentar sus excusas to apologize* * *noun f.* * *SF excusepresentar sus excusas — to make one's excuses, excuse o.s.
* * *a) ( pretexto) excusepresentó sus excusas — (frml) he made his apologies
* * *= excuse, apology, false pretence, pretence [pretense, -USA].Ex. The excuse for this is to allow a clerk to easily make a title entry for it.Ex. I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.Ex. Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.----* con la excusa de = in the name of, under the mantle of, under the flag of, under the guise of, in the guise of.* dar una excusa = give + excuse.* excusa justificada = justified excuse.* excusa muy pobre = lame excuse.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* excusas = alibi.* sin excusa justificada = unexcused.* * *a) ( pretexto) excusepresentó sus excusas — (frml) he made his apologies
* * *= excuse, apology, false pretence, pretence [pretense, -USA].Ex: The excuse for this is to allow a clerk to easily make a title entry for it.
Ex: I shall not quickly forget being halted in full flight by the explosive entrance of a lecturer who, without pause for reflection or apology, set about an unfortunate student for not being at a tutorial.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.Ex: Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.* con la excusa de = in the name of, under the mantle of, under the flag of, under the guise of, in the guise of.* dar una excusa = give + excuse.* excusa justificada = justified excuse.* excusa muy pobre = lame excuse.* excusa poco convincente = lame excuse.* excusas = alibi.* sin excusa justificada = unexcused.* * *1 (pretexto) excuseme inventé una excusa para no ir I made up an excuse not to gopresentó sus excusas ( frml); he made his apologies* * *
Del verbo excusar: ( conjugate excusar)
excusa es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
excusa
excusar
excusa sustantivo femenino
b)
excusar ( conjugate excusar) verbo transitivo
b) ( eximir) excusa a algn de algo/hacer algo to excuse sb (from) sth/doing sth
excusarse verbo pronominal (frml)
excusa sustantivo femenino (pretexto) excuse: a ver con qué excusa viene esta vez, let's see what his excuse is this time
(disculpa) apology: eso no tiene excusa, there's no excuse for that
le presento mis excusas por llegar tan tarde, I apologize for arriving so late
excusar verbo transitivo (disculpar) to excuse
' excusa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acogerse
- desmontar
- historiada
- historiado
- inventar
- pero
- plausible
- socorrida
- socorrido
- admisible
- amañar
- burdo
- cuento
- débil
- tonto
- tragar
- verosímil
English:
apology
- cast-iron
- concoct
- excuse
- familiar
- flimsy
- lame
- paltry
- plead
- pretence
- pretense
- pretext
- serve up
- square
- water
- other
- pathetic
* * *excusa nf1. [pretexto, motivo] excuse;eso no es excusa para que se peleen that's no excuse for them to start fighting;que mintieras a tu hermano no tiene excusa there's no excuse for you lying to your brother;no busques más excusas don't keep trying to find excuses;¡nada de excusas! no excuses!2. [petición de perdón] apology;presentó sus excusas [en persona] he apologized;[a distancia] he sent his apologies* * *f1 excuse2:excusas pl apologies* * *excusa nf1) pretexto: excuse2) disculpa: apology* * *excusa n excuse -
4 simulacro
m.1 simulation.simulacro de combate mock battlesimulacro de incendio fire drill2 sham, simulacrum, pretence, pretense.3 mock battle.* * *1 sham, pretence (US pretense)* * *SM1) (=fingimiento) sham, pretence, pretense (EEUU)un simulacro de ataque — simulated attack, mock attack
simulacro de incendio — fire practice, fire drill
simulacro de salvamento — (Náut) boat drill
2) (=apariencia) semblance* * *a) ( cosa fingida)no era de verdad, sólo fue un simulacro — it wasn't for real, they (o he etc) were (o was etc) just pretending
b) ( farsa) sham* * *= simulation, modelling exercise.Ex. The author defines Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) and classifies it as follows: drill and practice (rote learning); problem solving and simulation, expert systems; and computer managed learning.Ex. The modelling exercise would indicate which model was most economic and which was most cost-effective.----* simulacro de incendio = fire drill.* simulacro de inundación = flood drill.* simulacro de siniestro = disaster exercise drill.* simulacro de una situación supuesta = play-acting.* * *a) ( cosa fingida)no era de verdad, sólo fue un simulacro — it wasn't for real, they (o he etc) were (o was etc) just pretending
b) ( farsa) sham* * *= simulation, modelling exercise.Ex: The author defines Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) and classifies it as follows: drill and practice (rote learning); problem solving and simulation, expert systems; and computer managed learning.
Ex: The modelling exercise would indicate which model was most economic and which was most cost-effective.* simulacro de incendio = fire drill.* simulacro de inundación = flood drill.* simulacro de siniestro = disaster exercise drill.* simulacro de una situación supuesta = play-acting.* * *estas elecciones no han sido más que un simulacro these elections have been nothing but a shamno se estaban peleando, todo fue un simulacro they weren't really fighting, it was all put onCompuestos:● simulacro de ataque/combatemock attack/battlefire drill, fire practice* * *
simulacro sustantivo masculinoa) ( cosa fingida):◊ no era de verdad, solo fue un simulacro it wasn't for real, they (o he etc) were (o was etc) just pretending
simulacro de incendio fire drill, fire practice
simulacro sustantivo masculino sham, pretence, US pretense
un simulacro de combate, a mock battle o a sham fight
simulacro de incendio, fire practice o drill
' simulacro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
simulación
English:
fire drill
- mock
- war game
- fire
* * *simulacro nmsimulationsimulacro de combate mock battle;simulacro de incendio fire drill* * *mpretence, sham2 ( simulación) simulation* * *simulacro nm: imitation, shamsimulacro de juicio: mock trial* * * -
5 falso
adj.1 false, fake, dummy, counterfeit.2 false, delusory, misleading.3 false, liar, deceitful, fake.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: falsar.* * *► adjetivo1 (no verdadero) false, untrue2 (moneda) false, counterfeit; (cuadro, sello) forged► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (persona) insincere person\dar un paso en falso (tropezar) to trip, stumble 2 (cometer un error) to make a mistake, make a wrong movejurar en falso to commit perjuryfalsa alarma false alarm* * *(f. - falsa)adj.1) false, untrue2) fake* * *1. ADJ1) [acusación, creencia, rumor] falselo que dices es falso — what you're saying is false o untrue
falso testimonio — perjury, false testimony
2) [firma, pasaporte, joya] false, fake; [techo] false; [cuadro] fake; [moneda] counterfeit3) (=insincero) [persona] false, insincere; [sonrisa] false4) [caballo] vicious5)en falso: coger a algn en falso — to catch sb in a lie
dar un paso en falso — (lit) to trip; (fig) to take a false step
2.SM CAm, Méx false evidence* * *- sa adjetivo1)a) < billete> counterfeit, forged; < cuadro> forged; < documento> false, forged; <diamante/joya> fake; <cajón/techo> false2)a) ( no cierto) <dato/nombre/declaración> falseeso es falso — that is not true, that is untrue
b)en falso: jurar en falso to commit perjury; golpear en falso — to miss the mark
•* * *= dummy, false, sham, spurious, unauthentic, faked, untrue, bogus, deceitful, pseudo, fake, two-faced, inauthentic, phony [phoney], meretricious, counterfeit, insincere, hocus pocus, specious, dishonest, mendacious, delusional.Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.Ex. The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.Ex. A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.Ex. Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.Ex. So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).Ex. Libri was accused of stealing manuscripts of unique importance and rarity from French provincial libraries in the 1840s and inserting faked notes of provenance, substituting Italian place names for French ones.Ex. Public library collections are of little use to scholars and have failed to provide the communications links that might prove this hypothesis untrue.Ex. The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.Ex. Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.Ex. Sometimes authors write ' pseudo abstracts' to meet deadlines for articles or for talks to be delivered.Ex. This article deals with the detection of fake letters and documents.Ex. This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.Ex. Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.Ex. Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.Ex. The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.Ex. Criminal charges are to be brought against 3 people after the seizure of counterfeit copies of British Telecom's PhoneDisc, a CD-ROM database containing the company's 100 or so telephone directories.Ex. There is a point when participation may become mere meddling and insincere.Ex. The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex. This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.Ex. Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.Ex. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.Ex. Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.----* abeto falso = spruce.* alegación falsa = ipse dixit.* charlatanería falsa = cant.* crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.* dar una falsa impresión = keep up + facade, put on + an act.* dar un paso en falso = make + a false move.* democracia falsa = travesty democracy.* diamante falso = rhinestone.* erradicar falsas ideas = erase + misconceptions.* erradicar una falsa idea = dispel + idea.* falsa alabanza = lip service.* falsa ilusión = delusion.* falsa política de integración de minorías = tokenism.* falsa pretensión = false pretence.* falsa sensación de seguridad = false sense of security.* falso pretexto = false pretence.* falso testimonio = perjury.* hablar en falso = speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue.* hacer un movimiento en falso = make + a false move.* idea falsa = misconception, bogus idea, illusion.* movimiento en falso = false move.* nivel jerárquico falso = false link.* paso en falso = false move.* pista falsa = red herring.* resultar falso = prove + false.* sonar falso = have + a hollow ring.* toma falsa = outtake.* * *- sa adjetivo1)a) < billete> counterfeit, forged; < cuadro> forged; < documento> false, forged; <diamante/joya> fake; <cajón/techo> false2)a) ( no cierto) <dato/nombre/declaración> falseeso es falso — that is not true, that is untrue
b)en falso: jurar en falso to commit perjury; golpear en falso — to miss the mark
•* * *= dummy, false, sham, spurious, unauthentic, faked, untrue, bogus, deceitful, pseudo, fake, two-faced, inauthentic, phony [phoney], meretricious, counterfeit, insincere, hocus pocus, specious, dishonest, mendacious, delusional.Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS, therefore, assigns them the dummy master number zero.
Ex: The concept 'Senses' constitutes a false link in the chain.Ex: A sham catalog is a disservice to the user, and participating in the creation of a sham catalog is personally degrading to a professional.Ex: Examples would include giving a spurious impression of busyness at the reference desk.Ex: So, in the bicentennial spirit here's a three-point bill of particulars or grievances (in addition to what was mentioned previously with respect to offensive or unauthentic terms).Ex: Libri was accused of stealing manuscripts of unique importance and rarity from French provincial libraries in the 1840s and inserting faked notes of provenance, substituting Italian place names for French ones.Ex: Public library collections are of little use to scholars and have failed to provide the communications links that might prove this hypothesis untrue.Ex: The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.Ex: Sometimes authors write ' pseudo abstracts' to meet deadlines for articles or for talks to be delivered.Ex: This article deals with the detection of fake letters and documents.Ex: This course looks at this two-faced society with guided field trips to cemeteries and to the architecture of Edinburgh's underworld below the great banks and public buildings.Ex: Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.Ex: Much of the culture of Western democracies has increasingly become inauthentic or phony.Ex: The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.Ex: Criminal charges are to be brought against 3 people after the seizure of counterfeit copies of British Telecom's PhoneDisc, a CD-ROM database containing the company's 100 or so telephone directories.Ex: There is a point when participation may become mere meddling and insincere.Ex: The final section of her paper calls attention to the ' hocus pocus' research conducted on many campuses.Ex: This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.Ex: Mostly facsimiles are made without dishonest intent, although some have certainly been intended to deceive, and the ease with which they can be identified varies with the reproduction process used.Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.Ex: Despite what false patriots tell us, we now have a delusional democracy, not one that citizens can trust to serve their interests.* abeto falso = spruce.* alegación falsa = ipse dixit.* charlatanería falsa = cant.* crear falsas ilusiones = create + false illusions.* dar una falsa impresión = keep up + facade, put on + an act.* dar un paso en falso = make + a false move.* democracia falsa = travesty democracy.* diamante falso = rhinestone.* erradicar falsas ideas = erase + misconceptions.* erradicar una falsa idea = dispel + idea.* falsa alabanza = lip service.* falsa ilusión = delusion.* falsa política de integración de minorías = tokenism.* falsa pretensión = false pretence.* falsa sensación de seguridad = false sense of security.* falso pretexto = false pretence.* falso testimonio = perjury.* hablar en falso = speak with + a split tongue, speak with + a forked tongue, speak with + a twisted tongue.* hacer un movimiento en falso = make + a false move.* idea falsa = misconception, bogus idea, illusion.* movimiento en falso = false move.* nivel jerárquico falso = false link.* paso en falso = false move.* pista falsa = red herring.* resultar falso = prove + false.* sonar falso = have + a hollow ring.* toma falsa = outtake.* * *falso -saA1 ‹billete› counterfeit, forged; ‹cuadro› forged2 ‹documento› (copiado) false, forged, fake; (alterado) false, forged3 (simulado) ‹diamante/joya› fake; ‹bolsillo/cajón/techo› false4 (insincero) ‹persona› insincere, false; ‹sonrisa› false; ‹promesa› falseB1 (no cierto) ‹dato/nombre/declaración› falseeso es falso, nunca afirmé tal cosa that is not true o that is untrue, I never said such a thing2en falso: jurar en falso to commit perjurygolpear en falso to miss the markesta tabla está en falso this board isn't properly supportedla maleta cerró en falso the suitcase didn't shut properlyel tornillo giraba en falso the screw wouldn't gripCompuestos:feminine false alarmfeminine false modestyno levantar falso testimonio ( Relig) thou shalt not bear false witness* * *
falso◊ -sa adjetivo
‹ cuadro› forged;
‹ documento› false, forged;
‹diamante/joya› fake;
‹cajón/techo› false
‹sonrisa/promesa› false
◊ eso es falso that is not true o is untrue;
falsa alarma false alarm;
falso testimonio sustantivo masculino (Der) false testimony, perjury
falso,-a
I adjetivo
1 false: eso que dices es falso, what you're saying is wrong
había un puerta falsa, there was a false door
nombre falso, assumed name
2 (persona) insincere: Juan me parece muy falso, I think Juan is insincere
3 (falsificado) forged
dinero falso, counterfeit o bogus money
II m (persona) insincere person, hypocrit
♦ Locuciones: en falso, false: jurar en falso, to commit perjury
' falso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cierta
- cierto
- falaz
- falsa
- fantasma
- incierta
- incierto
- jurar
- perjurar
- testimonio
- colar
- supuesto
English:
absolutely
- affected
- bogus
- counterfeit
- deceitful
- disingenuous
- dud
- fake
- false
- false move
- faux pas
- hollow
- insincere
- phoney
- sham
- slimy
- spurious
- two-faced
- untrue
- untruthful
- smooth
- spruce
- sycamore
- trumped-up
- two
* * *falso, -a♦ adj1. [afirmación, información, rumor] false, untrue;eso que dices es falso what you are saying is not true;en falso [falsamente] falsely;[sin firmeza] unsoundly;si haces un movimiento en falso, disparo one false move and I'll shoot;dio un paso en falso y se cayó he missed his footing and fell;jurar en falso to commit perjuryfalsa alarma false alarm;falso testimonio [en juicio] perjury, false evidence;dar falso testimonio to give false evidence2. [dinero, firma, cuadro] forged;[pasaporte] forged, false; [joyas] fake;un diamante falso an imitation diamond3. [hipócrita] deceitful;no soporto a los falsos amigos que te critican a la espalda I can't stand false friends who criticize you behind your back;basta ya de falsa simpatía that's enough of you pretending to be nice;Fam Humes más falso que Judas he's a real snake in the grassLing falso amigo false friend;falsa modestia false modesty4. [simulado] falsefalsa costilla false rib;falso estuco [en bricolaje] stick-on plasterwork;falso muro false wall;falso techo false ceiling♦ nm,f[hipócrita] hypocrite* * *adj1 false3:jurar odeclarar en falso commit perjury4 persona false* * *falso, -sa adj1) falaz: false, untrue2) : counterfeit, forged* * *falso adj1. (en general) false2. (billete, cuadro) forged3. (joya) fake4. (persona) false / insincere -
6 intentar
v.1 to try, to essay, to attempt, to give a shot at.Ella intentó incesantemente She tried incessantly.Ella intentó el suicidio She attempted suicide.2 to try to, to attempt to.Ella intentó hacer lo posible She tried to do whatever was possible.3 to try, to make a try, to have a try, to endeavor.Ella intentó incesantemente She tried incessantly.* * *1 to try* * *verbto try, attempt* * *VT to try, attempt frmhemos intentado un acuerdo — we've tried o attempted frm to reach an agreement
¿por qué no lo intentas otra vez? — why don't you try again?
¡venga, inténtalo! — come on, have a go o have a try!
lo he intentado con regalos, pero no consigo animarla — I've tried (giving her) presents, but I just can't cheer her up
con intentarlo nada se pierde, por intentarlo que no quede — there's no harm in trying
•
intentar hacer algo — to try to do sth, attempt to do sth frmintentaremos llegar a la cima — we shall try o attempt frm to reach the summit
llevan años intentando que se celebre el juicio — they've spent years trying to bring the case to trial
intenta que te lo dejen más barato — try and get o try to get them to reduce the price
* * *verbo transitivo to tryintentar + inf — to try to + inf
¿has intentado que te lo arreglen? — have you tried getting o to get it fixed?
por intentarlo que no quede — (fam) there's no harm in trying
* * *= aim, attempt, intend, make + attempt, make + pretence, try, essay, be out to + Verbo, have + a shot at, purport.Ex. Not all catalogues or other tools for the organisation of knowledge aim to fulfil all these functions, but this list shows the range of functions.Ex. There is little mnemonic value to the notation, but some literal mnemonics have been attempted, por example, G for Geography, T for Technology.Ex. The scheme is intended to provide a systematic approach to the arrangement of books on shelves.Ex. No attempt is made here to provide a full comparative study.Ex. This account makes no pretence of being comprehensive and for a through treatment of these areas other texts should be consulted.Ex. The searcher is an information worker trying to extract documents or information on behalf of someone else.Ex. But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.Ex. Clearly the cataloguer is out to produce a description in a standard order.Ex. Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.Ex. The LA purports to act as a professional body, but some of its bye-laws are the very antithesis of professionalism.----* intentar abarcar demasiado = burn + the candle at both ends.* intentar alcanzar = reach for.* intentar Algo = give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.* intentar Algo con empeño = try + hard.* intentar algo imposible = bang + Posesivo + head against.* intentar coger = reach for.* intentar conseguir = aim for, work toward(s), jockey for.* intentar conseguir Algo = take + a swing at.* intentar convencer = work on + Persona.* intentar dar un manotazo = take + a swat at, swat at.* intentar dar un zarpazo = take + a swat at, swat at.* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].* intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.* intentar ganar tiempo = play for + time, temporise [temporize, -USA].* intentar golpear Algo = take + a swing at.* intentar hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.* intentar hacer Algo sin contar con los medios necesarios = make + bricks without straw.* intentar + Infinitivo = seek to + Infinitivo.* intentar ligar = chat up.* intentar lograr Algo = take + a swing at.* intentar lograr la cuadratura del círculo = square + the circle.* intentar lograr lo imposible = square + the circle.* intentar lo imposible = attempt + the impossible, be an attempt at the impossible, square + the circle.* intentar morder = snap at.* intentar + Nombre = go at + Nombre.* intentar persuadir = court.* intentar responder a una pregunta = pursue + question.* merecer la pena intentarlo = be worth a try.* persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.* por mucho que lo + intentar = try as + Pronombre + might.* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.* volver a intentar = retry [re-try].* * *verbo transitivo to tryintentar + inf — to try to + inf
¿has intentado que te lo arreglen? — have you tried getting o to get it fixed?
por intentarlo que no quede — (fam) there's no harm in trying
* * *= aim, attempt, intend, make + attempt, make + pretence, try, essay, be out to + Verbo, have + a shot at, purport.Ex: Not all catalogues or other tools for the organisation of knowledge aim to fulfil all these functions, but this list shows the range of functions.
Ex: There is little mnemonic value to the notation, but some literal mnemonics have been attempted, por example, G for Geography, T for Technology.Ex: The scheme is intended to provide a systematic approach to the arrangement of books on shelves.Ex: No attempt is made here to provide a full comparative study.Ex: This account makes no pretence of being comprehensive and for a through treatment of these areas other texts should be consulted.Ex: The searcher is an information worker trying to extract documents or information on behalf of someone else.Ex: But instead he essayed to give an account of what had occurred, with an affectation of bewildered simplicity.Ex: Clearly the cataloguer is out to produce a description in a standard order.Ex: Our goal is to encourage more citizens to tap into the wealth of free, educational resources available online so more people have a shot at improving their lives and their future.Ex: The LA purports to act as a professional body, but some of its bye-laws are the very antithesis of professionalism.* intentar abarcar demasiado = burn + the candle at both ends.* intentar alcanzar = reach for.* intentar Algo = give + it a whirl, give + it a shot, give + it a try.* intentar Algo con empeño = try + hard.* intentar algo imposible = bang + Posesivo + head against.* intentar coger = reach for.* intentar conseguir = aim for, work toward(s), jockey for.* intentar conseguir Algo = take + a swing at.* intentar convencer = work on + Persona.* intentar dar un manotazo = take + a swat at, swat at.* intentar dar un zarpazo = take + a swat at, swat at.* intentar de nuevo = retry [re-try].* intentar encontrar un término medio entre... y... = tread + a delicate line between... and.* intentar evitar = fight + shy of.* intentar ganar tiempo = play for + time, temporise [temporize, -USA].* intentar golpear Algo = take + a swing at.* intentar hacer Algo por uno mismo = try + Posesivo + own hand at.* intentar hacer Algo sin contar con los medios necesarios = make + bricks without straw.* intentar + Infinitivo = seek to + Infinitivo.* intentar ligar = chat up.* intentar lograr Algo = take + a swing at.* intentar lograr la cuadratura del círculo = square + the circle.* intentar lograr lo imposible = square + the circle.* intentar lo imposible = attempt + the impossible, be an attempt at the impossible, square + the circle.* intentar morder = snap at.* intentar + Nombre = go at + Nombre.* intentar persuadir = court.* intentar responder a una pregunta = pursue + question.* merecer la pena intentarlo = be worth a try.* persona que intenta averiguar y resolver problemas = troubleshooter.* por más que lo intento = for the life of me.* por mucho que lo + intentar = try as + Pronombre + might.* por mucho que lo intento = for the life of me.* volver a intentar = retry [re-try].* * *intentar [A1 ]vt¡no te des por vencido, inténtalo otra vez! don't give up, try again! o have another try!¿qué pierdes con intentarlo? what have you got to lose by trying?el piloto intentó un aterrizaje de emergencia the pilot attempted an emergency landingintentar + INF to try to + INFintentaré convencerlo I'll try to persuade himintentaban escalar el pico más alto they were attempting o trying to climb the highest peakintenta llegar temprano try to o ( colloq) try and arrive earlyintentar QUE + SUBJ:¿has intentado que te lo arreglen? have you tried getting o to get it fixed?intenta que no te vean try not to let them see youpor intentarlo que no quede ( fam); there's no harm in trying* * *
intentar ( conjugate intentar) verbo transitivo
to try;◊ ¡inténtalo otra vez! try again!;
intentar un aterrizaje de emergencia to attempt an emergency landing;
intentar hacer algo to try to do sth;
¿has intentado que te lo arreglen? have you tried getting o to get it fixed?
intentar verbo transitivo to try, attempt: intentaremos que regrese hoy mismo, we'll try to get him to come home today without fail ➣ Ver nota en try
' intentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espatarrarse
- pretender
- probar
- procurar
- trabajarse
- tratar
- buscar
English:
attempt
- barrier
- candle
- chat up
- clever
- crack
- endeavor
- endeavour
- go after
- hand
- however
- job
- juggling act
- pass
- pin down
- plough through
- reach
- reason
- run
- search out
- seek
- shot
- snap
- stab
- tamper
- try
- whirl
- can
- go
- impossible
- over
- swing
* * *intentar vtto try;intentar hacer algo to try to do sth;¡inténtalo! have a try o go!;¡ni lo intentes! [advertencia] don't even try it!;intentarán finalizar el trabajo antes del fin de semana they will try to finish the work before the weekend;intenta ser más discreto try to be more discreet;la próxima vez, intenta que no se te caiga try not to drop it next time;intenté que cambiara de opinión pero no hubo manera I tried to get her to change her mind but she wasn't having any of it;no se pierde nada por intentarlo, por intentarlo que no quede there's no harm in trying* * *v/t try, attempt* * *intentar vt: to attempt, to try* * *intentó arreglar la tele, pero no pudo he tried to mend the TV, but he couldn't -
7 pretensión
f.1 aspiration, desire, ambition, plan.2 pretension, claim.3 pretense, presumption, pretence, self-assumption.* * *1 (intención) aim; (ambición) ambition2 (derecho) claim\sin pretensiones unpretentious, of modest pretensions* * *SF1) (=intención) aim; (=aspiración) aspiration2) pl pretensiones (=aspiraciones)enviar historial profesional indicando pretensiones económicas — send curriculum vitae indicating desired salary
una simple chaqueta sin pretensiones — a simple jacket, nothing fancy
* * *1)b) (Der) (a trono, herencia) claim2) pretensiones femenino plural ( ínfulas)* * *1)b) (Der) (a trono, herencia) claim2) pretensiones femenino plural ( ínfulas)* * *pretensión11 = pretence [pretense, -USA], pretentiousness.Ex: Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.
Ex: His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia.* falsa pretensión = false pretence.pretensión22 = pretension.Ex: There was no intention in many programmes to create any pretensions towards possession of information skills.
* con pretensiones de superioridad moral = self-righteous.* moderar + Posesivo + pretensiones = lower + Posesivo + sights.* sin pretensiones = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.].* * *A1 (intención) plan; (deseo) hope, wish, desireexpresó su pretensión de que … she expressed her hope that …enviar curriculum indicando pretensiones salariales or económicas send résumé ( AmE) o ( BrE) curriculum vitae indicating desired salary2 ( Der) (al trono, una herencia) claim(ínfulas): tener pretensiones to be pretentiousuna película sin demasiadas pretensiones an unpretentious film* * *
pretensión sustantivo femenino
1 (a trono, herencia) claim
2
una película sin pretensiones an unpretentious film
pretensión sustantivo femenino
1 (deseo) hope, wish: tiene la pretensión de que vaya con ella, she expects me to go with her
2 (objetivo) aim, aspiration
3 (al trono) claim
4 pey (aspiraciones desmedidas) pretensiones, pretention
una persona con pocas pretensiones, a very unpretentious person
' pretensión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
exigencia
- modesto
English:
pretence
- pretense
- pretention
- self-righteousness
- pretension
* * *pretensión nf1. [intención] aim, intention;tener la pretensión de to intend to2. [aspiración] aspiration;no tiene grandes pretensiones económicas she doesn't have great financial aspirations o ambitions;una película con pretensiones artísticas a film with artistic pretensions;sin pretensiones unpretentious4.pretensiones [exigencias] demands* * *f L.Am. ( arrogancia) vanity;sin pretensiones unpretentious* * *pretensión nf, pl - siones1) : intention, hope, plan2) : pretensionsin pretensiones: unpretentious -
8 simulación
f.simulation, make-believe, feigning, pretence.* * *1 simulation* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=representación) simulation2) (=fingimiento) pretence, pretense (EEUU)* * *femenino simulation* * *----* estudio por simulación = simulation study.* método por simulación = simulation method, simulation approach.* simulación mediante modelos = simulation modelling.* simulación por ordenador = computer simulation.* * *femenino simulation* * ** estudio por simulación = simulation study.* método por simulación = simulation method, simulation approach.* simulación mediante modelos = simulation modelling.* simulación por ordenador = computer simulation.* * *simulation* * *
simulación sustantivo femenino simulation ➣ simulacro
' simulación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
animación
- montaje
- disfraz
* * *simulación nf1. [fingimiento] pretence, simulation2. Informát simulationAm simulación por computadora computer simulation; Esp simulación por ordenador computer simulation* * *f simulation* * * -
9 descripción
f.1 description, definition, outline, describing.2 word picture.* * *1 description2 (acción de trazar) tracing, describing, description* * *noun f.* * *SF description* * *femenino description* * *= description, disclosure, identification, picture, specification, specifications, profiling, depiction, recounting, portrayal.Ex. The indexing process creates a description of a document or information, usually in some recognized and accepted style of format.Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.Ex. The second step towards an index involves the identification of the concepts within a document which are worthy of indexing.Ex. No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.Ex. The Working Group was charged with the specification of the procedures and studies needed to undertake the tasks.Ex. The specifications, however, are confined to the overall structure and major functional components of the entry.Ex. Some excursions into cognitive science have led to the profiling of users' backgrounds, differences and immediate need.Ex. Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.Ex. This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.Ex. Pictorial sources are created by the portrayal of historical events or subjects using, inter alia, a paint brush, drawing-pen, or pencil, graphic techniques or the camera.----* área de descripción = area of description.* área de descripción física = physical description area.* Centro Internacional para la Descripción Bibliográfica del UNISIST = UNIBID.* descripción analítica = analytical description.* descripción bibliográfica = bibliographic description.* descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional (ISBD) = ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description).* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional - material antiguo (ISBD = ISBD(A) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Antiquarian).* descripción catalográfica = cataloguing description.* Descripción de Archivos Codificada (EAD) = Encoded Archival Description (EAD).* descripción de documentos de archivo = archival description.* descripción de las funciones = job description, job profile.* descripción del contenido = subject statement.* descripción del documento = document description.* descripción del puesto de trabajo = job description, position description, job profile.* descripción del solicitante = personnel description.* descripción de subcampo = subfield description.* descripción documental = document description.* descripción física = physical description, physical details.* descripción global = outline.* hacer una descripción = give + description.* ISBD(S) (Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicacio = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).* Manual de Descripción de Archivos = Manual of Archival Description (MAD).* niveles de detalle en la descripción = levels of detail in the description.* Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).* Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).* * *femenino description* * *= description, disclosure, identification, picture, specification, specifications, profiling, depiction, recounting, portrayal.Ex: The indexing process creates a description of a document or information, usually in some recognized and accepted style of format.
Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.Ex: The second step towards an index involves the identification of the concepts within a document which are worthy of indexing.Ex: No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.Ex: The Working Group was charged with the specification of the procedures and studies needed to undertake the tasks.Ex: The specifications, however, are confined to the overall structure and major functional components of the entry.Ex: Some excursions into cognitive science have led to the profiling of users' backgrounds, differences and immediate need.Ex: Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.Ex: This is a recounting of the technologies most likely to facilitate the sharing of resources among libraries.Ex: Pictorial sources are created by the portrayal of historical events or subjects using, inter alia, a paint brush, drawing-pen, or pencil, graphic techniques or the camera.* área de descripción = area of description.* área de descripción física = physical description area.* Centro Internacional para la Descripción Bibliográfica del UNISIST = UNIBID.* descripción analítica = analytical description.* descripción bibliográfica = bibliographic description.* descripción bibliográfica de primer nivel = first-level bibliographic description.* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional (ISBD) = ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description).* Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional - material antiguo (ISBD = ISBD(A) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Antiquarian).* descripción catalográfica = cataloguing description.* Descripción de Archivos Codificada (EAD) = Encoded Archival Description (EAD).* descripción de documentos de archivo = archival description.* descripción de las funciones = job description, job profile.* descripción del contenido = subject statement.* descripción del documento = document description.* descripción del puesto de trabajo = job description, position description, job profile.* descripción del solicitante = personnel description.* descripción de subcampo = subfield description.* descripción documental = document description.* descripción física = physical description, physical details.* descripción global = outline.* hacer una descripción = give + description.* ISBD(S) (Descripción Bibliográfica Normalizada Internacional para Publicacio = ISBD(S) (International Standard Bibliographic Description - Serials).* Manual de Descripción de Archivos = Manual of Archival Description (MAD).* niveles de detalle en la descripción = levels of detail in the description.* Norma General Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD-G) = General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)).* Norma Internacional para la Descripción de Archivos (ISAD) = International Standard Archival Description (ISAD).* * *descriptionhizo una fiel descripción de los hechos she gave an accurate description o account of events* * *
descripción sustantivo femenino
description
descripción sustantivo femenino description
' descripción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
caracterización
- corresponderse
- retratar
- retrato
- seña
- somera
- somero
- viva
- vivo
- calificación
- corresponder
- detallado
- encajar
- exacto
- impresionista
- reseña
- responder
- sensual
- sensualidad
English:
colourful
- delineate
- description
- exact
- fit
- full
- job description
- loose
- match
- sketch
- sketchy
- understatement
- vivid
- with
- answer
- depiction
- job
- portrayal
* * *descripción nfdescription;una descripción de los hechos an account of what happened* * *f description* * ** * *descripción n description -
10 disfraz
m.disguise (traje).un disfraz de bruja/gorila a witch/gorilla costume* * *► nombre masculino (pl disfraces)1 (para engañar) disguise2 (para una fiesta etc) fancy dress outfit, fancy dress costume3 figurado (simulación) simulation, pretence (US pretense)\bajo el disfraz de figurado under the guise of, under the pretence ofsin disfraz plainly* * *noun m.1) costume2) disguise* * *SM1) (=traje) [para una fiesta] fancy dress, costume (EEUU); [para engañar a algn] disguiseyo fui a la fiesta con un disfraz de pirata — I went to the party dressed as a pirate o in a pirate costume
2) (=pretexto) facade (de for)3) (Mil) camouflage* * *a) (Indum) (para jugar, fiestas) costume, fancy dress outfit (BrE); ( para engañar) disguiseun baile/fiesta de disfraces — a costume o (BrE) fancy dress ball/party
b) ( simulación) frontes un disfraz para ocultar su inseguridad — it's just a pretense o a front to hide his insecurity
* * *= fancy dress, disguise, costume.Ex. These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.Ex. The argument is also supported by psychoanalytical theory, in which beauty is worn as a disguise for not possessing a phallus.Ex. If we inform the system that MUSIC DRAMA is in fact OPERA, it should treat MUSIC DRAMA- COSTUMES as at least suspect.----* baile de disfraces = masquerade, masquerade ball.* fiesta de disfraces = costume party, fancy dress ball.* ropa de disfraz = masquerade costume, fancy dress.* * *a) (Indum) (para jugar, fiestas) costume, fancy dress outfit (BrE); ( para engañar) disguiseun baile/fiesta de disfraces — a costume o (BrE) fancy dress ball/party
b) ( simulación) frontes un disfraz para ocultar su inseguridad — it's just a pretense o a front to hide his insecurity
* * *= fancy dress, disguise, costume.Ex: These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.
Ex: The argument is also supported by psychoanalytical theory, in which beauty is worn as a disguise for not possessing a phallus.Ex: If we inform the system that MUSIC DRAMA is in fact OPERA, it should treat MUSIC DRAMA- COSTUMES as at least suspect.* baile de disfraces = masquerade, masquerade ball.* fiesta de disfraces = costume party, fancy dress ball.* ropa de disfraz = masquerade costume, fancy dress.* * *cruzó la frontera con un disfraz de mujer he crossed the border disguised as a womanun disfraz de arlequín a harlequin costumebaile/fiesta de disfraces costume o ( BrE) fancy dress ball/party2 (simulación) frontes un disfraz para ocultar su inseguridad it's just a pretense o a front to hide his insecurity* * *
disfraz sustantivo masculino
( para engañar) disguise;◊ una fiesta de disfraces a costume o (BrE) fancy dress party
disfraz sustantivo masculino
1 (para disimular) disguise: pasó la frontera con un disfraz de mujer, he crossed the border disguised as a woman
su amabilidad es el disfraz de su desprecio, his kindness is a cloak for his contempt
2 (para una fiesta) fancy dress, US costume
fiesta de disfraces, fancy dress party, US costume party
' disfraz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alquilar
- alquiler
English:
costume
- disguise
- fancy dress
- fancy
* * *disfraz nm1. [traje] disguise;[para baile, fiesta] fancy dress costume;pasó los controles con un o [m5] bajo un disfraz de soldado he got past the checkpoints disguised as a soldier;llevar un disfraz [para camuflarse] to wear a disguise;[para baile, fiesta] to wear fancy dress;un disfraz de bruja/gorila a witch/gorilla costume;un baile/una fiesta de disfraces a fancy dress ball/party2. [disimulo] front, facade* * *fancy dress* * *1) : disguise2) : costume3) : front, pretense* * *disfraz n1. (para una fiesta, carnaval) fancy dress / costume2. (para no ser reconocido) disguise -
11 disimulo
m.1 pretense, concealment.tiró el papel al suelo con disimulo she surreptitiously dropped the piece of paper on the floorla miró con disimulo he sneaked a look at hersalió con disimulo por la puerta de atrás she sneaked out by the back door2 feigning, disguise, make-believe, dissimulation.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: disimular.* * *1 pretence (US pretense), dissemblance* * *SM1) (=fingimiento) dissimulationcon disimulo — cunningly, craftily
2) (=tolerancia) tolerance* * ** * *= stealth, dissimulation.Ex. A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.Ex. In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.----* con disimulo = on the quiet, on the sly.* * ** * *= stealth, dissimulation.Ex: A business dependency on sophisticated information systems makes it vulnerabble to stealth attacks.
Ex: In fact, the terms of the contrast are highly ambivalent: order vs. anarchy, liberty vs. despotism, or industry vs. sloth, and also dissimulation vs. honesty.* con disimulo = on the quiet, on the sly.* * *salió con tal disimulo que nadie se dio cuenta he slipped away so quietly that no one noticedla miraba sin ningún disimulo he was staring at her quite blatantly o openlycon mucho disimulo se lo metió en el bolsillo she surreptitiously slipped it into her pocket o taking care not to be seen, she slipped it into her pocket* * *
Del verbo disimular: ( conjugate disimular)
disimulo es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
disimuló es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
disimular
disimulo
disimular ( conjugate disimular) verbo transitivo
disimulo sustantivo masculino:
sin disimulo openly
disimular
I verbo transitivo to conceal, hide: no supe disimular la rabia, I couldn't hide my anger
II verbo intransitivo to pretend: no sé disimular, I can't pretend
disimulo sustantivo masculino cunning: metió la carta en el bolso con disimulo, she slipped the letter into her bag
sin disimulo, openly
' disimulo' also found in these entries:
English:
cover up
- snigger
- slip
- sneak
* * *disimulo nmpretence, concealment;con disimulo furtively;tiró el papel al suelo con disimulo she surreptitiously dropped the piece of paper on the floor;la miró con disimulo he sneaked a look at her;con mucho disimulo le pasó la nota she surreptitiously passed the note to him;salió con disimulo por la puerta de atrás she sneaked out by the back door;atracan a la gente en la calle sin ningún disimulo they mug people in the street quite openly* * *m:con disimulo unobtrusively* * *disimulo nm1) : dissembling, pretense2) : slyness, furtiveness3) : tolerance -
12 falsa pretensión
f.false pretense, second intention.* * *(n.) = false pretenceEx. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.* * *(n.) = false pretenceEx: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
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13 falso pretexto
(n.) = false pretenceEx. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.* * *(n.) = false pretenceEx: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
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14 ficción
f.1 fiction, make-believe, invention.El bus empezó a andar The bus got going.2 fictitious tale, figment, fable, fabrication.* * *1 fiction* * *noun f.* * *1. SF1) (Literat) fiction2) (=invención) fiction3) (=mentira) fabrication2.ADJ INV fictitious, make-believehistoria ficción — (piece of) historical fiction, fictionalized history
* * ** * *= fiction.Nota: Obras literarias en prosa que presentan caracteres y acontecimientos imaginados por el autor con objeto de entretener al lector.Ex. It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.----* ciencia ficción = science fiction, sci-fi.* ficción infantil = children's fiction.* ficción literaria = literary fiction.* ficción narrativa = fiction.* ficción para adolescentes = young adult fiction.* ficción para adultos = adult fiction.* literatura de ficción = imaginative literature, imaginative writing.* literatura de no ficción = subject literature.* llevar a la ficción = fictionalise [fictionalize, -USA].* novela de ciencia ficción = science fiction novel.* obras de ficción = fiction.* obras de no ficción = non-fiction [nonfiction].* personaje de ficción = fictional character.* separar la realidad de la ficción = distinguish + fact from fiction.* * ** * *= fiction.Nota: Obras literarias en prosa que presentan caracteres y acontecimientos imaginados por el autor con objeto de entretener al lector.Ex: It is widely recognised that it is difficult and unhelpful to categorise fiction according to a subject classification = Es un hecho ampliamente reconocido la dificultad y la poca utilidad de clasificar la literatura narrativa de acuerdo con una clasificación por materias.
* ciencia ficción = science fiction, sci-fi.* ficción infantil = children's fiction.* ficción literaria = literary fiction.* ficción narrativa = fiction.* ficción para adolescentes = young adult fiction.* ficción para adultos = adult fiction.* literatura de ficción = imaginative literature, imaginative writing.* literatura de no ficción = subject literature.* llevar a la ficción = fictionalise [fictionalize, -USA].* novela de ciencia ficción = science fiction novel.* obras de ficción = fiction.* obras de no ficción = non-fiction [nonfiction].* personaje de ficción = fictional character.* separar la realidad de la ficción = distinguish + fact from fiction.* * *1 ( Lit) fiction2 (invención) fictionlo de su herencia es pura ficción all that talk about his inheritance is a complete fabrication o is pure fictionCompuesto:science fiction* * *
ficción sustantivo femenino
fiction
ficción sustantivo femenino fiction
' ficción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ciencia
- pantomima
- relato
- fantasía
- país
English:
fact
- fiction
- fictional
- nonfiction
- outsell
- pretence
- pretense
- pulp fiction
- sci-fi
- science fiction
* * *ficción nf1. [invención] fiction2. [simulación] pretence, make-believe3. [género literario] fiction;literatura de ficción fiction* * *f fiction* * *1) : fiction2) : fabrication, lie* * *ficción n fiction -
15 mentira
intj.that's not true.f.1 lie.es mentira it's not true, it's a lieaunque parezca mentira strange as it may seemparece mentira que lo hayamos conseguido I can hardly believe we've done itparece mentira que te creas una cosa así how can you possibly believe a thing like that?¡parece mentira, las cinco y todavía no ha llegado! can you believe it, it's five o'clock and she's still hasn't arrived!de mentira pretend, falsedinero de mentira pretend moneyuna mentira como una casa a whopping great liementira piadosa white lie2 lying, falsehood, unsoundness.* * *1 lie\aunque parezca mentira strange though it may seemdecir mentiras to tell liesparece mentira it's unbelievablementira piadosa white lieuna mentira como una casa familiar a whopper* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=embuste) lie¡mentira! — it's a lie!
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de mentira, una pistola de mentira — a toy pistol•
parecer mentira, aunque parezca mentira — however incredible it seems, strange though it may seem¡parece mentira! — it's unbelievable!, I can't o don't believe it!
mentira caritativa, mentira oficiosa Cono Sur —
mentira piadosa, mentira reverenda — Cono Sur white lie
2) [en uñas] white mark ( on fingernail)3) (=errata) erratum* * *1) liementira! yo no le pegué — that's a lie, I didn't hit him!
ya lo he agarrado or pillado en una mentira en varias ocasiones — I've caught him lying to me several times
una araña de mentira or (Méx) de mentiras — (leng infantil) a toy spider
una mentira como una casa or catedral or un templo — (fam) a whopping great lie (colloq), a whopper (colloq)
2) (Esp fam) ( en la uña) white mark* * *= lie, fabrication, mendacity, fib, fibbing, untruth, false pretence, deceptiveness.Ex. Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges ' lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.Ex. The author looks at fabrication, falsification and plagiarism in scientific research.Ex. In light of his ongoing record of mendacity, it is puzzling why anyone would continue to take him seriously.Ex. Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.Ex. When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex. Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.Ex. That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.Ex. In some cases, public figures are famous because of their lies; in other cases, their renown obscures the universality of deceptiveness.----* aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.* de mentira = make-believe.* detector de mentiras = polygraph, lie detector.* difundir mentiras = spread + lies.* gran mentira = big fat lie.* la mentira = lying.* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.* mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.* mentira gorda = big fat lie.* mentira histórica = historical fabrication.* mentira inocente = white lie.* mentira piadosa = white lie.* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.* propagar mentiras = spread + lies.* trama de mentiras = tissue of lies.* una sarta de mentiras = a sackful of lies, a pack of lies.* * *1) liementira! yo no le pegué — that's a lie, I didn't hit him!
ya lo he agarrado or pillado en una mentira en varias ocasiones — I've caught him lying to me several times
una araña de mentira or (Méx) de mentiras — (leng infantil) a toy spider
una mentira como una casa or catedral or un templo — (fam) a whopping great lie (colloq), a whopper (colloq)
2) (Esp fam) ( en la uña) white mark* * *= lie, fabrication, mendacity, fib, fibbing, untruth, false pretence, deceptiveness.Ex: Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges ' lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.
Ex: The author looks at fabrication, falsification and plagiarism in scientific research.Ex: In light of his ongoing record of mendacity, it is puzzling why anyone would continue to take him seriously.Ex: Democracy's most acute failures tend to result from power brokers who tell big fibs about the distribution of power.Ex: When it comes to fibbing, women are far ahead of their male counterparts, a new survey has revealed.Ex: Untruth brings about ill reputation and indignity.Ex: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.Ex: In some cases, public figures are famous because of their lies; in other cases, their renown obscures the universality of deceptiveness.* aunque parezca mentira = amazingly enough, believe it or not, incredibly, incredible though it may seem, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.* de mentira = make-believe.* detector de mentiras = polygraph, lie detector.* difundir mentiras = spread + lies.* gran mentira = big fat lie.* la mentira = lying.* maraña de mentiras = web of lies, web of deception.* mentira descarada = blatant lie, bare-faced lie.* mentira gorda = big fat lie.* mentira histórica = historical fabrication.* mentira inocente = white lie.* mentira piadosa = white lie.* por muy mentira que parezca = incredibly, incredible though it may seem, strangely enough, incredibly enough, incredible as it may seem, strange though it may seem, strange as it may seem, although it may seem strange, although it may seem incredible.* propagar mentiras = spread + lies.* trama de mentiras = tissue of lies.* una sarta de mentiras = a sackful of lies, a pack of lies.* * *A lieeso es mentira that's a lie¡mentira! yo no le pegué that's a lie, I didn't hit him!estoy harto de tus mentiras I'm tired of your lying o lies¿por qué dices tantas mentiras? why do you tell so many lies?, why do you lie so much?ya lo he agarrado or cogido en una mentira en varias ocasiones he's lied to me on several occasions, I've caught him lying several timesparece mentira que a tu edad te dé por hacer esas tonterías I'm amazed at you getting up to such silly antics at your ageparece mentira que no haya venido a verme I can't believe that he hasn't been to see mellevan casados once años — ¡parece mentira! ¡cómo pasa el tiempo! they've been married eleven years — isn't it incredible! o it hardly seems possible! doesn't time fly!aunque parezca mentira tiene 50 años you may find it hard to believe but she's 50no quiero seguir viviendo en la mentira I don't want to go on living a lieuna araña de mentira or ( Méx) de mentiras ( leng infantil); a toy spiderme ha llamado tonta — ¡pero se lo dije de mentira! or ¡pero fue de mentira! he said I was stupid — I was only joking! o I didn't mean it!una mentira como una casa or catedral or un templo ( fam); a whopping great lie ( colloq), a whopper ( colloq)las mentiras tienen patas cortas truth will outCompuesto:white lieB ( fam) (en la uña) white mark* * *
Del verbo mentir: ( conjugate mentir)
mentirá es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) futuro indicativo
Multiple Entries:
mentir
mentira
mentir ( conjugate mentir) verbo intransitivo
to lie;
mentira sustantivo femenino
lie;
eso es mentira that's a lie;
¡mentira! yo no le pegué that's a lie, I didn't hit him!;
¡parece mentira! ¡cómo pasa el tiempo! isn't it incredible! doesn't time fly!;
mentira piadosa white lie;
una araña de mentira or (Méx) de mentiras (leng infantil) a toy spider;
una mentira como una casa or un templo (fam) a whopping great lie (colloq), a whopper (colloq)
mentir verbo intransitivo to lie, tell lies
miente como un bellaco, he's a real liar ➣ Ver nota en lie
mentira sustantivo femenino lie: mentira piadosa, white lie
♦ Locuciones: parecer mentira: aunque parezca mentira, strange as it may seem
parece mentira que tenga esa edad, it is incredible that he is that old
' mentira' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bola
- camelo
- decir
- descarada
- descarado
- engaño
- engendrar
- falsedad
- invención
- inventar
- novela
- oír
- pegote
- piadosa
- piadoso
- tamaña
- tamaño
- transparente
- burdo
- chiva
- coba
- cuento
- fábula
- flagrante
- grande
- macana
- mito
- parecer
- que
- rollo
- solemne
English:
barefaced
- blatant
- blatantly
- deceit
- downright
- fabrication
- fall for
- invention
- lie
- lying
- oddly
- out-and-out
- outright
- story
- transparent
- white lie
- whopper
- make
- pretend
- strangely
- white
* * *mentira nf1. [falsedad] lie;¡mentira cochina! that's a filthy lie!;siempre soy yo el que tiene que lavar los platos – ¡mentira! I'm always the one who has to wash the dishes – that's not true! o that's a lie!;es mentira it's a lie, it's not true;decir mentiras to tell lies;de mentira pretend, false;parecer mentira: aunque parezca mentira strange as it may seem;parece mentira que lo hayamos conseguido I can hardly believe we've done it;parece mentira que te creas una cosa así how can you possibly believe a thing like that?;¡parece mentira, las cinco y todavía no ha llegado! can you believe it, it's five o'clock and she still hasn't arrived!mentira piadosa white lie* * *f lie;¡parece mentira! that’s incredible!* * *mentira nf: lie* * *mentira n liede mentira pretend / toy -
16 pretender1
1 = intend, make + pretence, purport, be out to + Verbo, lay + claim(s) to, look to.Ex. The scheme is intended to provide a systematic approach to the arrangement of books on shelves.Ex. This account makes no pretence of being comprehensive and for a through treatment of these areas other texts should be consulted.Ex. The LA purports to act as a professional body, but some of its bye-laws are the very antithesis of professionalism.Ex. Clearly the cataloguer is out to produce a description in a standard order.Ex. If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.Ex. Those with more faith than I look to gigantic electronic archives maintained by governments and private companies that will ensure the indefinite survival of the electronic records of humankind.----* no pretender ser = make + no claim to.* pretender hacer = try.* pretender lograr lo imposible = square + the circle.* pretender lo imposible = square + the circle. -
17 pretensión1
1 = pretence [pretense, -USA], pretentiousness.Ex. Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.Ex. His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia.----* falsa pretensión = false pretence. -
18 representación
f.1 representation, behalf.2 performance, play, acting, interpretation.3 representation, mental picture.4 representation, picture.5 theatrical, performance, dramatic performance.* * *1 (gen) representation2 TEATRO performance\en representación de as a representative of, representing* * *noun f.1) performance•* * *SF1) [de concepto, idea, imagen] representationen este cuadro el buitre es una representación de la muerte — in this painting the vulture represents death
2) [de país, pueblo, organización] (=acto) representation; (=delegación) delegationen el congreso había una nutrida representación de empresarios — there was a large representation of businessmen at the conference
en representación de: el abogado que actúa en representación del banco — the lawyer representing the bank
me invitaron a ir en representación de la empresa — they invited me to go as a representative of the company, they invited me to go to represent the company
representación diplomática — (=actividad) diplomatic representation; (=oficina) embassy
representación legal — (=acto) legal representation; (=abogado) lawyer(s)
la representación legal del acusado — (=acto) the defendant's legal representation; (=abogado) the lawyers representing the defendant, the defendant's lawyers
3) (Teat) (=función) performance; (=montaje) productionuna representación financiada por el Patronato de Turismo — a production financed by the Tourist Board
4) (Com) representationha conseguido la representación de varias firmas farmacéuticas — he has managed to become an agent for various pharmaceutical companies, he has managed to obtain the representation of various pharmaceutical companies
tener la representación exclusiva de un producto — to be sole agent for a product, have sole agency of a product frm
5) † (=súplica)6) †† (=importancia) standing* * *1) ( acción)2) ( delegación) delegation3) (Teatr) performance, production4)a) ( símbolo) representationb) ( imagen) illustrationc) ( muestra) sample* * *= map, mapping, picture, representation, typification, depiction, enactment, portrayal, embodiment, staging, simulacrum, re-enactment [reenactment], performance.Ex. A detailed study of a co-citation map, its core documents' citation patterns and the related journal structures, is presented.Ex. Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.Ex. No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.Ex. An abstract is a concise and accurate representation of the contents of a document, in a style similar to that of the original document.Ex. Institutionalization occurs whenever there is a reciprocal typification of habitualized actions by types of actors.Ex. Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.Ex. To re-emphasize a point that cannot be over-emphasized: reading aloud to children of all ages is vital, if for no other reason, because this is the way we learn how to turn cold print into a dramatic enactment in the theater of our imagination.Ex. Pictorial sources are created by the portrayal of historical events or subjects using, inter alia, a paint brush, drawing-pen, or pencil, graphic techniques or the camera.Ex. At first, large public libraries organised readers' advisory services as the embodiment of library adult education.Ex. The author describes the success of a library in staging a series of music concerts as a public relations exercise.Ex. The author examines the history of the image, understood as personal simulacrum and cult object.Ex. And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.Ex. A miniature score is a musical score nor primarily intended for performance use, with type reduced in size.----* acoger bajo la representación de Uno = bring under + Posesivo + umbrella.* en representación de = on behalf of [in behalf of; on + Nombre + behalf], in + Nombre + behalf [in/on behalf of].* falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].* guión de representación teatral = scenario.* no tener representación = be unrepresented.* organismo que actúa en representación de otros = umbrella.* organización que actúa en representación de otras = umbrella organisation.* poder de representación = power of representation.* representación ante el juzgado = representation at tribunal.* representación bibliométrica = bibliometric mapping.* representación del contenido = content representation.* representación del contenido temático = subject representation.* representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.* representación en bits = bit-map.* representación errónea = misrepresentation.* representación esquemática = schematic, rich picture.* representación gráfica = graphic display.* representación jerárquica = hierarchical display.* representación mediante diagramas = rich picture.* representación mediante mapas mentales = cocitation mapping, mind mapping.* representación óptica médica = medical imaging.* representación óptica por resonancia magnética = magnetic resonance imaging.* representación pictórica = pictorial representation.* representación proporcional = proportionate representation, proportional representation.* representación teatral = play performance, play making [play-making], stage show, theatrical performance.* ser la representación misma de = be a picture of.* sin representación = unrepresented.* visita de representación = sales call.* voto mediante representación = proxy vote.* * *1) ( acción)2) ( delegación) delegation3) (Teatr) performance, production4)a) ( símbolo) representationb) ( imagen) illustrationc) ( muestra) sample* * *= map, mapping, picture, representation, typification, depiction, enactment, portrayal, embodiment, staging, simulacrum, re-enactment [reenactment], performance.Ex: A detailed study of a co-citation map, its core documents' citation patterns and the related journal structures, is presented.
Ex: Recently, proponents of co-citation cluster analysis have claimed that in principle their methodology makes possible the mapping of science using the data in the Science Citation Index.Ex: No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.Ex: An abstract is a concise and accurate representation of the contents of a document, in a style similar to that of the original document.Ex: Institutionalization occurs whenever there is a reciprocal typification of habitualized actions by types of actors.Ex: Miss Laski suggests that the depiction of life found in many novels is naive, over-simplified and, as a constant diet, can do more harm than good.Ex: To re-emphasize a point that cannot be over-emphasized: reading aloud to children of all ages is vital, if for no other reason, because this is the way we learn how to turn cold print into a dramatic enactment in the theater of our imagination.Ex: Pictorial sources are created by the portrayal of historical events or subjects using, inter alia, a paint brush, drawing-pen, or pencil, graphic techniques or the camera.Ex: At first, large public libraries organised readers' advisory services as the embodiment of library adult education.Ex: The author describes the success of a library in staging a series of music concerts as a public relations exercise.Ex: The author examines the history of the image, understood as personal simulacrum and cult object.Ex: And literature is part of that essential human behavior; it engages us in pre-enactments and re-enactments.Ex: A miniature score is a musical score nor primarily intended for performance use, with type reduced in size.* acoger bajo la representación de Uno = bring under + Posesivo + umbrella.* en representación de = on behalf of [in behalf of; on + Nombre + behalf], in + Nombre + behalf [in/on behalf of].* falta de representación = under-representation [underrepresentation].* guión de representación teatral = scenario.* no tener representación = be unrepresented.* organismo que actúa en representación de otros = umbrella.* organización que actúa en representación de otras = umbrella organisation.* poder de representación = power of representation.* representación ante el juzgado = representation at tribunal.* representación bibliométrica = bibliometric mapping.* representación del contenido = content representation.* representación del contenido temático = subject representation.* representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.* representación en bits = bit-map.* representación errónea = misrepresentation.* representación esquemática = schematic, rich picture.* representación gráfica = graphic display.* representación jerárquica = hierarchical display.* representación mediante diagramas = rich picture.* representación mediante mapas mentales = cocitation mapping, mind mapping.* representación óptica médica = medical imaging.* representación óptica por resonancia magnética = magnetic resonance imaging.* representación pictórica = pictorial representation.* representación proporcional = proportionate representation, proportional representation.* representación teatral = play performance, play making [play-making], stage show, theatrical performance.* ser la representación misma de = be a picture of.* sin representación = unrepresented.* visita de representación = sales call.* voto mediante representación = proxy vote.* * *A(acción): asistió en representación del Rey she attended as the King's representativeen representación de mis compañeros on behalf of my companionstiene a su cargo la representación de una editorial he represents a publishing houseB (delegación) delegationCompuestos:diplomatic representationproportional representationC ( Teatr) performance, productionD1 (símbolo) representationla representación escrita de un sonido the written representation of a sound2 (imagen) illustrationse hizo una representación mental de la escena she pictured the scene in her mind, she conjured up a mental picture of the scene3 (muestra) samplede su obra hay una escasa representación en nuestras pinacotecas there are few examples of his work in our galleriesEhacer representaciones ante algn to make representations to sb* * *
representación sustantivo femenino
1 ( acción) representation;
asistió en representación del Rey she attended as the King's representative;
en representación de mis compañeros on behalf of my companions
2 ( delegación) delegation
3 (Teatr) performance, production
4 ( símbolo) representation
representación sustantivo femenino
1 (de una imagen, idea, etc) representation, illustration
2 (de personas) delegation
3 Teat performance
4 Com dealership
5 Pol representación proporcional, proportional representation
♦ Locuciones: en representación, as a representative o on behalf [de, of]
' representación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
delegación
- espectáculo
- figura
- idea
- ilusión
- pintura
- sentenciar
- teatral
- terráquea
- terráqueo
- dibujo
- nombre
English:
command performance
- depiction
- deputize
- expense
- favourably
- performance
- portrayal
- presentation
- production
- proportional representation
- representation
- spectacle
- VDU
- disenfranchise
- proportional
- under-
* * *1. [símbolo, imagen, ejemplo] representation;no me hago una representación clara de lo que ocurrió I haven't got a clear picture of what happened;la paloma es una representación de la paz the dove is a symbol of peace2. [delegación] representation;en representación de on behalf of;acudió a la reunión en representación de sus compañeros he attended the meeting on behalf of his colleagues, he represented his colleagues at the meetingrepresentación proporcional proportional representation4. Teatro performance;una obra de difícil representación a difficult play to perform;representación única one-night stand5. Com representation;tener la representación de to act as a representative for* * *f1 representation2 TEA performance3 ( delegación):en representación de on behalf of* * *representación nf, pl - ciones1) : representation2) : performance3)en representación de : on behalf of* * *1. (de una obra) performance2. (imagen, idea) symbol -
19 visión
f.1 vision, far-sightedness, foresight, long sight.2 vision, sight.3 vision, apparition, presence.4 vision, sense of vision.* * *1 (acción) vision2 (vista) sight3 (ilusión) vision4 figurado (persona fea) fright, sight\quedarse como quien ve visiones familiar to look as if one has seen a ghostver visiones to dream, see thingsvisión de conjunto figurado overall view* * *noun f.1) vision2) view* * *SF1) (Anat) vision, (eye)sightperder la visión de un ojo — to lose the sight in o of one eye
2) (Rel) vision; (=fantasía) fantasy; (=ilusión) illusionver visiones — to be seeing things, suffer delusions
3) (=vista) viewvisión de conjunto — complete picture, overall view
4) (=punto de vista) view, point of view5) pey scarecrow, fright ** * *1)a) ( vista) vision, sightpérdida de visión — loss of vision o sight
b) ( acción de ver)la visión de aquella escena lo impresionó — seeing o witnessing that scene shocked him
c) ( aparición) visionver visiones — to be seeing things
2) (enfoque, punto de vista) view* * *= eye vision, perspective, picture, standpoint, view, vision, sight.Ex. I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.Ex. It is easy to see that users and separate pieces of literature may hold different perspectives on one subject.Ex. No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.Ex. So it seems to me you should try to resolve this point of approach, whether you're going to approach it from the standpoint of the user or from the standpoint of the group being listed.Ex. There is an alternative method for the design of subject retrieval devices, and that is to build languages or schemes which depend upon some theoretical views about the nature and structure of knowledge.Ex. On a pair of ordinary glasses is a square of fine lines near the top of one lens, where it is out of the way of ordinary vision.Ex. The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.----* ángulo de visión = viewing angle.* campo de visión = breadth of vision, viewing position, field of vision.* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].* con visión de futuro = far-sighted, forward-thinking, far-seeing, long-sighted.* dar una visión = present + view, provide + an understanding.* dar una visión general = give + a general picture.* dar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.* dar una visión total = give + a complete picture.* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.* ofrecer una visión = provide + a picture.* ofrecer una visión de = offer + an account of.* ofrecer una visión de conjunto = provide + a picture, provide + overview.* ofrecer una visión muy releveladora de = provide + insight into, give + an insight into, give + an inside look at.* pago por visión = pay-per-view.* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.* presentar una visión = present + a picture.* presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.* visión bifocal = bifocal vision.* visión comercial = business acumen.* visión contada por una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.* visión contrapuesta = opposing view.* visión de cerca = ringside view, ringside seat.* visión de conjunto = overview, sweep, broad view.* visión de futuro = foresight, future vision, farsightedness [far-sightedness], vision, vision into the future.* visión del futuro = insight into the future.* visión del mundo = world view [worldview/world-view].* visión del panorama = overview.* visión de primera fila = ringside view, ringside seat.* visión de túnel = tunnel vision, tunnel vision.* visión de una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.* visión estratégica = strategic vision.* visión foveal = foveal vision.* visión general = overview, conspectus, broad view.* visión global = overview, big picture, the, snapshot [snap-shot], broad view.* visión globlal = overall picture.* visión más clara = heightened awareness.* visión nocturna = night vision, nocturnal vision.* visión panorámica = overview.* visión para los negocios = business acumen.* visión parcial = one-way view.* visión periférica = peripheral vision.* visión puntual = snapshot [snap-shot].* visión retrospectiva = flashback [flash back].* * *1)a) ( vista) vision, sightpérdida de visión — loss of vision o sight
b) ( acción de ver)la visión de aquella escena lo impresionó — seeing o witnessing that scene shocked him
c) ( aparición) visionver visiones — to be seeing things
2) (enfoque, punto de vista) view* * *= eye vision, perspective, picture, standpoint, view, vision, sight.Ex: I can see a staff member in a sitting position with hand held on the brow covering the eye vision and engrossed in reading.
Ex: It is easy to see that users and separate pieces of literature may hold different perspectives on one subject.Ex: No pretence is made of their being either a balanced or complete picture of the article.Ex: So it seems to me you should try to resolve this point of approach, whether you're going to approach it from the standpoint of the user or from the standpoint of the group being listed.Ex: There is an alternative method for the design of subject retrieval devices, and that is to build languages or schemes which depend upon some theoretical views about the nature and structure of knowledge.Ex: On a pair of ordinary glasses is a square of fine lines near the top of one lens, where it is out of the way of ordinary vision.Ex: The seers -- the sybils and prophets -- of Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling reveal imperfections of bodily sight (such as near- and far-sightedness), emphasizing their spiritual foresight.* ángulo de visión = viewing angle.* campo de visión = breadth of vision, viewing position, field of vision.* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].* con visión de futuro = far-sighted, forward-thinking, far-seeing, long-sighted.* dar una visión = present + view, provide + an understanding.* dar una visión general = give + a general picture.* dar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.* dar una visión total = give + a complete picture.* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.* ofrecer una visión = provide + a picture.* ofrecer una visión de = offer + an account of.* ofrecer una visión de conjunto = provide + a picture, provide + overview.* ofrecer una visión muy releveladora de = provide + insight into, give + an insight into, give + an inside look at.* pago por visión = pay-per-view.* perder la visión = lose + Posesivo + sight.* presentar una visión = present + a picture.* presentar una visión global = give + overview, present + an overview, present + an overall picture, give + an overall picture, overview.* visión bifocal = bifocal vision.* visión comercial = business acumen.* visión contada por una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.* visión contrapuesta = opposing view.* visión de cerca = ringside view, ringside seat.* visión de conjunto = overview, sweep, broad view.* visión de futuro = foresight, future vision, farsightedness [far-sightedness], vision, vision into the future.* visión del futuro = insight into the future.* visión del mundo = world view [worldview/world-view].* visión del panorama = overview.* visión de primera fila = ringside view, ringside seat.* visión de túnel = tunnel vision, tunnel vision.* visión de una persona de adentro = insider's look, insider's perspective.* visión estratégica = strategic vision.* visión foveal = foveal vision.* visión general = overview, conspectus, broad view.* visión global = overview, big picture, the, snapshot [snap-shot], broad view.* visión globlal = overall picture.* visión más clara = heightened awareness.* visión nocturna = night vision, nocturnal vision.* visión panorámica = overview.* visión para los negocios = business acumen.* visión parcial = one-way view.* visión periférica = peripheral vision.* visión puntual = snapshot [snap-shot].* visión retrospectiva = flashback [flash back].* * *A1 (vista) vision, sightpérdida de visión loss of vision o sightperdió la visión del ojo izquierdo she lost the sight of her left eyevisión de túnel tunnel vision2(acción de ver): la visión de aquella escena lo impresionó seeing o witnessing that scene shocked him3 (aparición) visionver visiones to be seeing thingste digo que no hay nadie, tú ves visiones I tell you there's nobody there, you're seeing thingsB (enfoque, punto de vista) viewtiene una visión muy romántica de la vida he has a very romantic view of lifela visión de futuro de la empresa the company's forward-looking approachuna visión de conjunto an overview* * *
visión sustantivo femenino
1
◊ ver visiones to be seeing things
2 (enfoque, punto de vista) view;
tener visión de futuro to be forward-looking
visión sustantivo femenino
1 (vista, sentido) sight, vision
(alucinación) vision
2 (opinión) viewpoint, view
3 (capacidad de anticipación) sense
visión de futuro, forward-looking approach
' visión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparición
- binocular
- campo
- global
- imponer
- nublarse
- panorama
- vista
- desvanecerse
- espectáculo
- fugaz
- pesadilla
- previsor
- turbio
- visual
English:
blur
- cloud
- overview
- range
- seeing
- short-sighted
- sight
- vision
- acumen
- blurred
- breadth
- far
- field
- glimpse
- grand
- impair
- line
- sighted
- survey
- view
* * *visión nf1. [capacidad] vision, sight;presenta una evidente pérdida de visión there has been a noticeable loss of visionvisión artificial artificial sight;visión binocular binocular vision2. [acción] seeing, witnessing;tan sólo la visión de tal espectáculo ya le daba deseos de huir just witnessing such a spectacle was enough to make him want to flee3. [alucinación] vision;ver visiones to be seeing things4. [interpretación] view;una visión clara de la situación a clear view o appreciation of the situationvisión de conjunto overall view o appreciation;visión de futuro vision* * *f1 vision, sight; figvision;ver visiones be seeing things2 ( opinión) view;tener visión de futuro be forward-looking* * *1) : vision, eyesight2) : view, perspective3) : vision, illusionver visiones: to be seeing things* * *visión n1. (vista) sight / vision2. (punto de vista) view -
20 pretender
v.1 to claim.Ella pretende la casa y el auto She claims the house and the car.2 to apply for.3 to court.4 to want, to seek, to go after, to aspire to obtain.Ella pretendió una hazaña peligrosa She attempted a dangerous feat.5 to want to, to intend to, to mean to, to try to.Ella pretende viajar en la tormenta She intends to travel in the storm.6 to intend to marry, to court, to pay court to.Ricardo pretende a María Richard intends to marry Mary.7 to be intended to, to be meant to, to be needed to.8 to feign, to pretend, to purport, to sham.Ella pretende un desmayo She feigns a fainting spell.* * *1 (querer) to want to2 (intentar) to try to3 (cortejar) to court* * *verb1) to attempt2) seek3) claim4) intend* * *VT1) (=aspirar a)¿qué pretende usted? — what are you after?, what do you hope to achieve?
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pretender hacer algo, pretendió convencerme — he tried to convince me¿qué pretende usted decir con eso? — what do you mean by that?
pretender que — + subjun to expect that...
¡no pretenderás que te pague la comida! — you're not expecting me to pay for your meal, are you?
2) frm (=afirmar) to claim3) † (=cortejar) to woo, court* * *verbo transitivo1)a) (intentar, aspirar)¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? — what do you hope to gain with that attitude?
¿qué pretendes de mí? — what do you expect of me?
pretender + INF — to try to + inf
no pretenderás hacerlo tú sola — you're not going to try to do it alone, are you?
¿qué pretendes decir con eso? — what are you trying to say?, what are you getting at?
b) ( esperar)¿pretendes que te crea? — do you expect me to believe you?
2) (ant) < mujer> to woo (dated)* * *verbo transitivo1)a) (intentar, aspirar)¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? — what do you hope to gain with that attitude?
¿qué pretendes de mí? — what do you expect of me?
pretender + INF — to try to + inf
no pretenderás hacerlo tú sola — you're not going to try to do it alone, are you?
¿qué pretendes decir con eso? — what are you trying to say?, what are you getting at?
b) ( esperar)¿pretendes que te crea? — do you expect me to believe you?
2) (ant) < mujer> to woo (dated)* * *pretender11 = intend, make + pretence, purport, be out to + Verbo, lay + claim(s) to, look to.Ex: The scheme is intended to provide a systematic approach to the arrangement of books on shelves.
Ex: This account makes no pretence of being comprehensive and for a through treatment of these areas other texts should be consulted.Ex: The LA purports to act as a professional body, but some of its bye-laws are the very antithesis of professionalism.Ex: Clearly the cataloguer is out to produce a description in a standard order.Ex: If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.Ex: Those with more faith than I look to gigantic electronic archives maintained by governments and private companies that will ensure the indefinite survival of the electronic records of humankind.* no pretender ser = make + no claim to.* pretender hacer = try.* pretender lograr lo imposible = square + the circle.* pretender lo imposible = square + the circle.pretender22 = pretend, feign.Ex: We do not pretend to have equipped you with an instant expertise in the subject analysis and classification of documents.
Ex: 'You're sure you know what to do?' 'I'm sure,' she replied, with a confidence still slightly feigned = "¿Estás segura de que sabes qué hacer?" "Estoy segura", respondió con una seguridad todavía ligeramente fingida.* pretender + poseer = claim.* * *pretender [E1 ]vtA(intentar, aspirar): ¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? what do you hope to gain with that attitude?¿pero qué pretendes? ¿que haga yo tu trabajo? are you trying to get me to do your work, or what?, what are you after? you want me to do your work? ( colloq)¿qué pretendes de mí? what do you expect of me?, what do you expect me to do?pretender + INF to try to + INFno pretenderás hacerlo tú sola you're not going to try to do it o try and do it alonepretendía hacerme cambiar de opinión her intention was to make me change my mind, she was trying to o ( colloq) she was out to make me change my mind¿qué pretendes decir con eso? what do you mean by that?, what are you trying to say?, what are you getting at?pretende engañarme con sus mentiras he's trying to fool me with his liescon la campaña se pretende llamar la atención sobre el problema it is hoped that the campaign will draw attention to the problempretender QUE + SUBJ:¿pretendes que crea esa mentira? do you expect me to believe such a lie?si pretendes que te aprueben porque eres mi hijo, estás muy equivocado if you expect them to pass you o if you're hoping they'll pass you because you're my son, you're badly mistakensólo pretendo que sea feliz I just want her to be happyla pretenden varios hombres several men are wooing her o are trying to win her hand ( dated)* * *
pretender ( conjugate pretender) verbo transitivo:◊ ¿qué pretendes con esa actitud? what do you hope to gain with that attitude?;
pretendía entrar sin pagar he was trying to get in without paying;
no pretendo saberlo todo I don't claim to know everything;
lo único que pretendía era ayudar I was only trying to help;
¿pretendes que te crea? do you expect me to believe you?
pretender verbo transitivo
1 (aspirar, intentar) to expect, try to: pretendía que le diera la razón, he was trying to make me agree with him
pretende ser actriz, she hopes to become an actress
2 (simular) to try: pretendió no habernos visto, he pretended he hadn't seen us
3 frml (cortejar) to woo, court
' pretender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
pretendienta
- pretendiente
- aspirar
English:
aim at
- allege
- make out
- pretend
- pretender
- purport
* * *pretender vtpretendo comprarme una casa I'm hoping to buy a house;pretende llegar a presidente he aims to become president;no sé qué pretende con esa actitud I don't know what he hopes to achieve with that attitude;¿pretendes que te crea? do you expect me to believe you?;¿qué pretendes decir? what do you mean?;¿no pretenderás que te deje el dinero? you don't really expect me to lend you the money, do you?2. [simular] to pretend;pretende estar estudiando he pretends he's studying3. [afirmar] to claim4. [cortejar] to court* * *v/t:pretender hacer algo try to do sth* * *pretender vt1) intentar: to attempt, to trypretendo estudiar: I'm trying to study2) afirmar: to claimpretende ser pobre: he claims he's poor3) : to seek, to aspire to¿qué pretendes tú?: what are you after?4) cortejar: to court5)pretender que : to expect¿pretendes que lo crea?: do you expect me to believe you?* * *pretender vb1. (querer) to want¿quién es usted? ¿qué pretende? who are you? what do you want?
См. также в других словарях:
pretence — (US pretense) ► NOUN 1) an act or the action of pretending. 2) affected and ostentatious behaviour. 3) (pretence to) a claim, especially a false or ambitious one … English terms dictionary
Pretence — Pre*tence , n., Pretenceful Pre*tence ful, a., Pretenceless Pre*tence *less, a. See {Pretense}, {Pretenseful}, {Pretenseless}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pretence — The usual AmE spelling is pretense … Modern English usage
pretence — [prē tens′, pritens′; prē′tens΄] n. Brit. sp. of PRETENSE … English World dictionary
pretence — n. see also pretense simulation false show 1) to make a pretence (he made no pretence of being objective) 2) to see through smb. s pretence 3) under a pretence (under the pretence of patriotism; under false pretences) 4) without pretence (a… … Combinatory dictionary
pretence — (BrE) (AmE pretense) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ elaborate ▪ It was all an elaborate pretence. ▪ flimsy, slight ▪ There is not even the slightest pretence of trying to make it realistic … Collocations dictionary
pretence — pre|tence BrE pretense AmE [prıˈtens US ˈpri:tens] n [singular,U] 1.) a way of behaving which is intended to make people believe something that is not true pretence that ▪ the pretence that the old system could be made to work pretence of/at… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pretence — also pretense AmE noun (singular, uncountable) 1 an attempt to pretend that something is true (+ that): Susie abandoned the pretence that she didn t want to go to the party. | keep up the pretence of being/doing sth: How long are you going to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pretence — UK [prɪˈtens] / US [ˈprɪˌtens] / US [prɪˈtens] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms pretence : singular pretence plural pretences a way of behaving that does not honestly express your real feelings, thoughts, or intentions She said she was… … English dictionary
pretence — [[t]prɪte̱ns, AM pri͟ːtens[/t]] pretences (in AM, use pretense) 1) N VAR A pretence is an action or way of behaving that is intended to make people believe something that is not true. Welland made a pretence of writing a note in his pad... We… … English dictionary
pretence — noun 1. /prəˈtɛns / (say pruh tens) pretending or feigning; make believe: my sleepiness was all pretence. 2. /prəˈtɛns / (say pruh tens) a false show of something: a pretence of friendship. 3. /prəˈtɛns / (say pruh tens) a piece of make believe.… …