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  • 101 criticar

    v.
    1 to criticize.
    Su padre criticó su vestimenta Her father criticized her clothes.
    María critica cuando siente envidia Mary criticizes when she feels envy.
    El profesor criticó su proceder The teacher criticized his behavior.
    2 to review (enjuiciar) (literatura, arte).
    3 to gossip.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar
    1 to criticize
    1 (murmurar) to gossip
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=censurar) to criticize
    2) (=hablar mal)

    siempre está criticando a la gente — he's always criticizing people, he's always finding fault with people

    3) (Arte, Literat, Teat) [+ libro, obra] to review
    2.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
    * * *
    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.
    Ex. It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex. AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex. 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex. I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex. This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex. Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex. The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex. This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex. By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex. The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex. The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex. Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex. I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) (atacar, censurar) to criticize
    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) <libro/película> to review
    2.
    criticar vi to gossip, backbite
    * * *
    = come under + criticism, condemn, criticise [criticize, -USA], decry, find + fault with, put down, take + Nombre + to task, deprecate, castigate, speak against, chide, censure, berate, critique, bash, raise + criticism, come under + attack, pick on, go to + bat against, chastise, carp, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, single out for + criticism, slam, take + a swat at, chew + Nombre + up, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: In the 2nd period, 1912-1933, the methods and direction of the movement came under criticism from socialists and educationalists, and a heated debate ensued.

    Ex: It must, however, also be considered as a major source of the 'subject index illusion' so trenchantly condemned by Bliss, as mentioned below.
    Ex: AACR2 has been criticised on the grounds that it does not identify the cataloguing unit to which the rules refer.
    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: I will add that since I have been working with the access LC provides to materials on women, a basic fault that I have found with LC subject cataloging is the absence of specificity.
    Ex: 'Specifically, I'm told you delight in putting down the professional'.
    Ex: I am frequently taken to task as someone who would try to destroy the integrity of certain catalogs on the West Coast.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: As a result public libraries came into disrepute and even today authorities speak against them.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
    Ex: This paper critiques the jurisprudential assumptions upon which legal resources are created, materials are collected, and research practices are justified.
    Ex: Newspapers took advantage of the accident to attack or ' bash' the nuclear industry or nuclear power in general.
    Ex: The author raises some criticisms of the international standard ISO 2709.
    Ex: This bipartite approach has recently come under heavy attack.
    Ex: By the way, here I have stolen a phrase from the Library of Congress, not to pick on this wonderful institution, but because its mission statement resonates with a number of individuals like me, who work in research libraries.
    Ex: The article has the title 'The minority press goes to bat against segregated baseball'.
    Ex: The profession should cease practising the amateurism for which it chastises employers who have untrained persons trying to function as librarians.
    Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Though what exactly constitutes moral decay is debatable, one group traditionally has been singled out for criticism, namely young people.
    Ex: Britain's top cop was today slammed for leaving three white detectives 'hanging out to dry' after they were wrongly accused of racism.
    Ex: I get pretty tired of ignorant people taking swats at the Catholic religion for 'worshiping statues'.
    Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * criticar a = fulminate about, level + criticism at.
    * criticar a Alguien a sus espaldas = cut + Nombre + up + behind + Posesivo + back.
    * criticar duramente = tear + Nombre + to shreds, slate, flail away at.
    * criticar las ideas de Alguien = trample on + Posesivo + ideas.
    * ser criticado = come under + fire.

    * * *
    criticar [A2 ]
    vt
    1 (atacar) to criticize
    una postura que fue muy criticada por los ecologistas a position which came in for fierce criticism from o which was fiercely criticized by ecologists
    criticó duramente a los especuladores he strongly attacked o criticized the speculators
    un proyecto muy criticado a plan which has been heavily criticized o which has come in for a lot of criticism
    2 (hablar mal de) to criticize
    tú no hace falta que la critiques porque eres igual de egoísta que ella you're in no position to criticize o ( colloq) you can't talk, you're just as selfish as she is
    3 ( Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review
    ■ criticar
    vi
    to gossip, backbite
    * * *

     

    criticar ( conjugate criticar) verbo transitivo

    b) (Art, Espec, Lit) ‹libro/película› to review

    verbo intransitivo
    to gossip, backbite
    criticar
    I verbo transitivo to criticize
    II verbo intransitivo (murmurar) to gossip
    ' criticar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    censurar
    - dedicarse
    - desollar
    - despellejar
    - tralla
    - vapulear
    - arremeter
    - murmurar
    - rajar
    - sino
    English:
    attack
    - carp
    - critical
    - criticize
    - fault
    - knock
    - pan
    - pick on
    - run down
    - slam
    - slate
    - get
    - run
    * * *
    1. [censurar] to criticize
    2. [enjuiciar] [literatura, arte] to review
    * * *
    v/t criticize
    * * *
    criticar {72} vt
    : to criticize
    * * *
    1. (en general) to criticize
    2. (cotillear) to gossip

    Spanish-English dictionary > criticar

  • 102 darle caña

    (v.) = hurry up, get + a move on, put + pressure on
    Ex. Hurry Up! Last Chance for the Professionals!.
    Ex. If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.
    Ex. Yet, in its own way, the press was taking the lead in putting pressure on the Community to adopt a more practical outlook, and by so doing kept the subject alive in the minds of the public.
    * * *
    (v.) = hurry up, get + a move on, put + pressure on

    Ex: Hurry Up! Last Chance for the Professionals!.

    Ex: If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.
    Ex: Yet, in its own way, the press was taking the lead in putting pressure on the Community to adopt a more practical outlook, and by so doing kept the subject alive in the minds of the public.

    Spanish-English dictionary > darle caña

  • 103 darse prisa

    v.
    to hurry up, to hurry, to be quick, to race.
    María se apresuró por Ricardo Mary hurried up because of Richard.
    * * *
    to hurry
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = hurry, hurry up, get on + Posesivo + running shoes, shake + a leg, hot-foot it to, make + haste, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, put + Posesivo + skates on, get + Posesivo + skates on, get + a move on
    Ex. By systematic, step-by-step consideration free from the pressure to hurry to the next waiting individual, the number of false assumptions can be minimized.
    Ex. Hurry Up! Last Chance for the Professionals!.
    Ex. We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.
    Ex. Before daylight on the following morning, we were abruptly awakened by a guard and told to shake a leg or miss breakfast.
    Ex. Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.
    Ex. Lastly, get thou to the apothecary and make haste with a purified protein derivative.
    Ex. We were often told to ' rattle our dags' as kids when we were getting ready to go out somewhere.
    Ex. The commission asked the legislators to get a wiggle on, start making changes now.
    Ex. So it looks like we will have to put our skates on to get there on time.
    Ex. But the future is just around the corner and we have to get our skates on.
    Ex. If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.
    * * *
    (v.) = hurry, hurry up, get on + Posesivo + running shoes, shake + a leg, hot-foot it to, make + haste, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, put + Posesivo + skates on, get + Posesivo + skates on, get + a move on

    Ex: By systematic, step-by-step consideration free from the pressure to hurry to the next waiting individual, the number of false assumptions can be minimized.

    Ex: Hurry Up! Last Chance for the Professionals!.
    Ex: We would like to encourage other institutions who have been teetering on the edge of implementation to get on their running shoes and go for it.
    Ex: Before daylight on the following morning, we were abruptly awakened by a guard and told to shake a leg or miss breakfast.
    Ex: Read on for 10 eco-friendly things that you can do with lemons, then hot-foot it to your local farmers' market to stock up.
    Ex: Lastly, get thou to the apothecary and make haste with a purified protein derivative.
    Ex: We were often told to ' rattle our dags' as kids when we were getting ready to go out somewhere.
    Ex: The commission asked the legislators to get a wiggle on, start making changes now.
    Ex: So it looks like we will have to put our skates on to get there on time.
    Ex: But the future is just around the corner and we have to get our skates on.
    Ex: If they want this finished by Autumn 2009 they are going to have to a get a move on, so hopefully they will swing into action pretty soon.

    Spanish-English dictionary > darse prisa

  • 104 de novela barata

    (adj.) = novelettish
    Ex. Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.
    * * *
    (adj.) = novelettish

    Ex: Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de novela barata

  • 105 de novela sentimental

    (adj.) = novelettish
    Ex. Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.
    * * *
    (adj.) = novelettish

    Ex: Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de novela sentimental

  • 106 de primeras

    = at first sight, on the face of it, at first glance, first-blush, up-front [up front]
    Ex. At first sight, there seems to be no good reason to distinguish between telecommunication networks and data networks.
    Ex. On the face of it, that sounds like an even more difficult concept to comprehend, let alone implement in a working model.
    Ex. We have already noted that at first glance the outline of main classes appears traditional.
    Ex. The first-blush reaction to their astonishing long-term strategy for achieving national energy independence is that they must be joking.
    Ex. Meta search engines look pretty much the same up front, but their approach to presenting results varies widely.
    * * *
    = at first sight, on the face of it, at first glance, first-blush, up-front [up front]

    Ex: At first sight, there seems to be no good reason to distinguish between telecommunication networks and data networks.

    Ex: On the face of it, that sounds like an even more difficult concept to comprehend, let alone implement in a working model.
    Ex: We have already noted that at first glance the outline of main classes appears traditional.
    Ex: The first-blush reaction to their astonishing long-term strategy for achieving national energy independence is that they must be joking.
    Ex: Meta search engines look pretty much the same up front, but their approach to presenting results varies widely.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de primeras

  • 107 decir una grosería

    to say something rude
    * * *
    (n.) = make + rude remark
    Ex. I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks[/b].
    * * *
    (n.) = make + rude remark

    Ex: I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.

    Spanish-English dictionary > decir una grosería

  • 108 dejar perplejo

    v.
    to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle, to baffle.
    La sorpresa enmudeció a María The surprise dumbfounded Mary.
    * * *
    (v.) = puzzle, mystify, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus
    Ex. During this decade, a number of the perennial information issues for which technological solutions are needed will persit and continue to puzzle librarians.
    Ex. 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.
    Ex. If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.
    Ex. I'm stumped -- again, any help would be appreciated -- and thank you for your responses so far!.
    Ex. This is a book that treats its audience with respect while blowing their mind.
    Ex. Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.
    Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.
    * * *
    (v.) = puzzle, mystify, perplex, stump, blow + Posesivo + mind, bewilder, nonplus

    Ex: During this decade, a number of the perennial information issues for which technological solutions are needed will persit and continue to puzzle librarians.

    Ex: 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.
    Ex: If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.
    Ex: I'm stumped -- again, any help would be appreciated -- and thank you for your responses so far!.
    Ex: This is a book that treats its audience with respect while blowing their mind.
    Ex: Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.
    Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar perplejo

  • 109 dejar sin palabras

    (v.) = leave + Nombre + speechless, nonplus
    Ex. The teachings of Maimonides do not leave us speechless but enable us to reach a new level of understanding of the deity.
    Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.
    * * *
    (v.) = leave + Nombre + speechless, nonplus

    Ex: The teachings of Maimonides do not leave us speechless but enable us to reach a new level of understanding of the deity.

    Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dejar sin palabras

  • 110 delantal

    m.
    apron.
    * * *
    1 apron, pinafore
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Culin) apron
    2) (Escol) pinafore
    * * *
    masculino ( para cocinar) apron; ( de escolar) pinafore
    * * *
    = apron, pinafore, pinny.
    Nota: Abreviatura de pinnafore.
    Ex. In the past, most housewives and even girls wore sweet frilly aprons and pinafores.
    Ex. Aprons were close kin to pinafores, which had some popularity back then.
    Ex. But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.
    * * *
    masculino ( para cocinar) apron; ( de escolar) pinafore
    * * *
    = apron, pinafore, pinny.
    Nota: Abreviatura de pinnafore.

    Ex: In the past, most housewives and even girls wore sweet frilly aprons and pinafores.

    Ex: Aprons were close kin to pinafores, which had some popularity back then.
    Ex: But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.

    * * *
    2 (de escolar) pinafore
    * * *

    delantal sustantivo masculino ( para cocinar) apron;
    ( de escolar) pinafore
    delantal sustantivo masculino apron
    ' delantal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    peto
    - mandil
    English:
    apron
    - smock
    - pinafore
    * * *
    1. [mandil] apron
    2. RP [bata] white coat
    * * *
    m apron
    * * *
    1) : apron
    2) : pinafore
    * * *
    delantal n apron

    Spanish-English dictionary > delantal

  • 111 dentro de + Posesivo + posibilidades

    = in the ballpark for + Pronombre, in + Posesivo + ballpark range
    Ex. We had a pretty tight budget but Spector 360 was in the ballpark for us and we felt it was way above all the others when it came to features and benefits.
    Ex. And when Craft gave us his estimate, it was right in our ballpark range.
    * * *
    = in the ballpark for + Pronombre, in + Posesivo + ballpark range

    Ex: We had a pretty tight budget but Spector 360 was in the ballpark for us and we felt it was way above all the others when it came to features and benefits.

    Ex: And when Craft gave us his estimate, it was right in our ballpark range.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dentro de + Posesivo + posibilidades

  • 112 descaradamente

    adv.
    impudently, saucily, barefacedly.
    * * *
    1 impudently, cheekily
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=sin vergüenza) shamelessly, brazenly
    2) (=con frescura) cheekily, saucily
    * * *

    y me lo dijo así, descaradamente — and she had the nerve to tell me just like that

    * * *
    = blatantly, brazenly, impudently, shamelessly.
    Ex. Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.
    Ex. The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex. As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
    Ex. I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
    ----
    * mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.
    * * *

    y me lo dijo así, descaradamente — and she had the nerve to tell me just like that

    * * *
    = blatantly, brazenly, impudently, shamelessly.

    Ex: Startlingly, we find also that Rule 2.44 would permit either Horses -- Diseases or Horse -- Diseases -- Strangles for a document on strangles in horses (an infectious streptococcal fever); the first of these is blatantly class entry rather than specific, while the second is equally blatantly alphabetico classed.

    Ex: The author brazenly insists that Woodman's family has compromised the documentation of the photographer's life by effectively quashing most of her work.
    Ex: As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
    Ex: I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
    * mentir descaradamente = lie through + Posesivo + teeth.

    * * *
    me mintió descaradamente he told me a bare-faced lie
    y me lo dijo así, descaradamente and she had the nerve to tell me just like that
    * * *
    1. [con desvergüenza] cheekily;
    me guiñó el ojo descaradamente he winked at me cheekily
    2. [flagrantemente] blatantly;
    estaba descaradamente de parte del otro equipo he was blatantly on the side of the other team;
    mentir descaradamente to tell barefaced lies

    Spanish-English dictionary > descaradamente

  • 113 desconcertar

    v.
    1 to disconcert, to throw.
    Dejaron en suspenso al público They bewildered the public.
    2 to disturb, to perplex, to upset.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ ACERTAR], like link=acertar acertar
    1 (perturbar) to disconcert, upset, disturb
    2 (desorientar) to confuse
    3 MEDICINA to dislocate
    1 (perturbarse) to be disconcerted
    2 (desorientarse) to be bewildered, be confused
    3 MEDICINA to be dislocated
    * * *
    verb
    to disconcert, confuse
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=desorientar) to disconcert
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to disconcert
    * * *
    = puzzle, bewilder, baffle, bemuse, disconcert, mystify, perplex, grow + confused, throw + Nombre + off balance, discomfit, faze, nonplus.
    Ex. The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.
    Ex. Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.
    Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex. The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.
    Ex. On the negative side, the Britannica's complicated arrangement will continue to disconcert some users.
    Ex. 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.
    Ex. If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.
    Ex. This article discusses one case that illustrates how even well trained federal prosecutors can grow confused about how to apply the intellectual property law.
    Ex. At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
    Ex. What many people miss is that part of his talent is to amuse and discomfit his audience at the same time.
    Ex. Arranged marriages, which are so the norm here in India, always seem to faze the non-Indians.
    Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to disconcert
    * * *
    = puzzle, bewilder, baffle, bemuse, disconcert, mystify, perplex, grow + confused, throw + Nombre + off balance, discomfit, faze, nonplus.

    Ex: The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.

    Ex: Often the publisher would deliberately edited the copy of a book, substituting English spelling for American and vice versa, and changing the text if he thought it would bewilder or offend his customers.
    Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
    Ex: The student must not let himself be bemused by sheer statistics.
    Ex: On the negative side, the Britannica's complicated arrangement will continue to disconcert some users.
    Ex: 'What mystifies me' -- she paused, searching for the proper words -- 'what mystifies me is the hold he seems to have over you and the staff'.
    Ex: If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.
    Ex: This article discusses one case that illustrates how even well trained federal prosecutors can grow confused about how to apply the intellectual property law.
    Ex: At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
    Ex: What many people miss is that part of his talent is to amuse and discomfit his audience at the same time.
    Ex: Arranged marriages, which are so the norm here in India, always seem to faze the non-Indians.
    Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.

    * * *
    vt
    to disconcert
    me desconcertó con tantas preguntas I was disconcerted by all the questions
    sus reacciones me desconciertan I find his reactions disconcerting
    su respuesta me desconcertó I was taken aback o disconcerted by her reply
    to be disconcerted
    me desconcerté con su pregunta I was taken aback o disconcerted by her question
    * * *

    desconcertar ( conjugate desconcertar) verbo transitivo
    to disconcert;

    desconcertar verbo transitivo to disconcert: los últimos hallazgos han desconcertado a los investigadores, the lastest discoveries have puzzled the researchers

    ' desconcertar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aturdir
    - turbar
    - confundir
    English:
    baffle
    - confound
    - confuse
    - disconcert
    - perplex
    - rattle
    - throw
    - unnerve
    - flummox
    - mystify
    - put
    - vex
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    su respuesta lo desconcertó her answer threw him;
    su comportamiento me desconcierta I find his behaviour disconcerting
    * * *
    v/t a persona disconcert
    * * *
    desconcertar {55} vt
    : to disconcert
    * * *
    desconcertar vb to puzzle

    Spanish-English dictionary > desconcertar

  • 114 desecho

    m.
    1 unwanted object (objeto usado).
    2 dregs (escoria).
    3 reject, second, discard, throw-out.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: desechar.
    * * *
    2 (ropa) castoff
    1 waste sing, rubbish sing
    \
    de desecho (ropa) cast-off 2 (material) waste
    ser un desecho de la sociedad figurado to be a social outcast
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=residuo)
    2) pl desechos (=desperdicios) [gen] rubbish sing, garbage sing (EEUU); [de la industria] waste sing ; [de ropa] castoffs; [de animal] offal sing
    3) * (=persona inútil) dead loss *

    el desecho de la sociedad — the scum o dregs pl of society

    4) (=desprecio) contempt, scorn
    5) LAm (=atajo) short cut; (=desvío) detour; (=sendero) path, temporary road
    * * *
    masculino ( despojo) waste
    * * *
    = left-off, cast-off.
    Ex. But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.
    Ex. Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled.
    ----
    * de desecho = discarded.
    * desechos = junk, detritus, scraps.
    * desechos nucleares = nuclear waste.
    * líquido de desecho = effluent.
    * procedente de desecho = discarded.
    * * *
    masculino ( despojo) waste
    * * *
    = left-off, cast-off.

    Ex: But until these new pretty garments are ready, the boy will still have to put up with his girl cousins' left-off petticoats and pinnies.

    Ex: Indeed, these days, it seems that more cast-offs than ever can be recycled.
    * de desecho = discarded.
    * desechos = junk, detritus, scraps.
    * desechos nucleares = nuclear waste.
    * líquido de desecho = effluent.
    * procedente de desecho = discarded.

    * * *
    A (despojo) waste
    [ S ] se compran pendientes sueltos, desecho en general we buy odd earrings and all kinds of scrap gold and silver
    esculturas hechas con materiales de desecho sculptures made out of waste materials
    Compuestos:
    mpl industrial waste
    mpl (CS) army surplus
    ● desechos nucleares/radiactivos
    mpl nuclear/radioactive waste
    B ( Chi) (sendero) side path
    * * *

    Del verbo desechar: ( conjugate desechar)

    desecho es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    desechó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    desechar    
    desecho
    desechar ( conjugate desechar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ayuda/propuesta› to reject;

    ‹idea/plan› ( rechazar) to reject;
    ( renunciar a) to drop, give up
    b) ‹restos/residuos› to throw away o out;

    ‹ ropa› to throw out
    desecho sustantivo masculino
    waste
    desechar verbo transitivo
    1 (un objeto) to discard, throw out o away
    2 (una oferta) to turn down, refuse
    (descartar una idea, un proyecto) to drop, discard
    ' desecho' also found in these entries:
    English:
    abandon
    - discard
    - effluent
    - waste
    * * *
    1. [objeto usado] unwanted object;
    [ropa] cast-off;
    material de desecho [residuos] waste products;
    [metal] scrap
    2. [escoria] dregs;
    desechos [basura] Br rubbish, US garbage, trash;
    [residuos] waste products;
    no era más que un desecho humano he was a contemptible creature
    desechos industriales industrial waste;
    desechos nucleares nuclear waste;
    desechos radiactivos radioactive waste
    3. CAm, Carib [tabaco] class A tobacco
    * * *
    1) : reject
    2) desechos nmpl
    residuos: rubbish, waste

    Spanish-English dictionary > desecho

  • 115 desvergonzadamente

    adv.
    impudent, shamelessly.
    * * *
    1 (sin vergüenza) shamelessly
    2 (con descaro) impudently, cheekily
    * * *
    Ex. I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.
    * * *

    Ex: I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.

    Spanish-English dictionary > desvergonzadamente

  • 116 disculparse

    1 to apologize ( por, for), excuse oneself
    * * *
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = apologise [apologize, -USA], eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt
    Ex. I have to apologize for taking so long to get back to you, but things have been pretty hectic.
    Ex. It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex. I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.
    Ex. You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex. He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.
    * * *
    (v.) = apologise [apologize, -USA], eat + Posesivo + words, eat + humble pie, eat + crow, eat + dirt

    Ex: I have to apologize for taking so long to get back to you, but things have been pretty hectic.

    Ex: It took a little time to get used to the new moniker, and snickering could be heard in certain quarters but those who scoffed have since had to eat their words.
    Ex: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.
    Ex: You who carped that the 007 films had devolved into a catalog of fresh gadgets and stale puns, eat crow.
    Ex: He walloped Bud, tore his shirt, and made him eat dirt.

    * * *

     

    ■disculparse verbo reflexivo to apologize [por, for]: quisiera disculparme por lo de ayer, I'd like to apologize for what happened yesterday
    ' disculparse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    excusarse
    - perdón
    - corresponder
    - disculpar
    English:
    apologize
    - decency
    - far
    - sorry
    - order
    * * *
    vpr
    to apologize (con/por to/for);
    no te disculpes, hombre, son cosas que pasan don't go apologizing, these things happen;
    después de su mala actuación, se disculpó con el público after his bad performance he apologized to the audience
    * * *
    v/r apologize
    * * *
    vr
    : to apologize
    * * *
    disculparse vb to apologize

    Spanish-English dictionary > disculparse

  • 117 don angustias

    (n.) = worryguts, worrywart, worrypot
    Ex. He is far too young to be such a worryguts.
    Ex. The incidence of banks going belly-up is pretty rare, but for worrywarts, it's nice to know the government will take care of you if something happens.
    Ex. Some of the characters in the play are barking mad and the Mayor is a worrypot!.
    * * *
    (n.) = worryguts, worrywart, worrypot

    Ex: He is far too young to be such a worryguts.

    Ex: The incidence of banks going belly-up is pretty rare, but for worrywarts, it's nice to know the government will take care of you if something happens.
    Ex: Some of the characters in the play are barking mad and the Mayor is a worrypot!.

    Spanish-English dictionary > don angustias

  • 118 echar sal

    (v.) = salt
    Ex. My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.
    * * *
    (v.) = salt

    Ex: My aubergines are softer and richer in flavour and you'd have to be a pretty poor cook not to realise you need to rinse them after salting.

    Spanish-English dictionary > echar sal

  • 119 edificio anexo

    m.
    annex building, outbuilding.
    * * *
    (n.) = outbuilding
    Ex. It's an old farmhouse with outbuildings and large enclosed courtyard in a pretty village close to Montbard.
    * * *

    Ex: It's an old farmhouse with outbuildings and large enclosed courtyard in a pretty village close to Montbard.

    Spanish-English dictionary > edificio anexo

  • 120 embrollo

    m.
    1 tangle.
    2 embroilment, ruse, confusion, muddle.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: embrollar.
    * * *
    1 (confusión) muddle, mess
    2 (mentira) lie
    3 figurado (situación embarazosa) embarrassing situation
    * * *
    SM (=confusión) muddle, confusion; (=aprieto) fix *, jam *; (=fraude) fraud, trick; (=mentira) lie, falsehood
    * * *
    masculino (de hilos, cables) tangle; (de callejuelas, pasillos) maze; (de ideas, situaciones)
    * * *
    = morass, tangled web, muddle, quagmire, tangle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, snare.
    Ex. Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.
    Ex. A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.
    Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.
    Ex. The title of the article is 'Charting a course through the quagmire of copyright law' = El título del artículo es "Cómo trazar un rumbo en el embrollo de la ley de copyright".
    Ex. This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.
    Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.
    Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex. Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    ----
    * en un embrollo = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil.
    * * *
    masculino (de hilos, cables) tangle; (de callejuelas, pasillos) maze; (de ideas, situaciones)
    * * *
    = morass, tangled web, muddle, quagmire, tangle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, snare.

    Ex: Publishers attempting to cut through this nomenclature morass can check with the library's administration.

    Ex: A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.
    Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.
    Ex: The title of the article is 'Charting a course through the quagmire of copyright law' = El título del artículo es "Cómo trazar un rumbo en el embrollo de la ley de copyright".
    Ex: This project is designed to enable users everywhere to navigate through the information technology tangle.
    Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.
    Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.
    Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.
    Ex: Whilst telematics for Africa is full of snares, it is the way towards the road to mastery in the future.
    * en un embrollo = in a (pretty) pickle, in a turmoil.

    * * *
    1 (de hilos, cables) tangle
    me perdí en un embrollo de pasillos I got lost in a maze of corridors
    2
    (de ideas, situaciones): el argumento de la película es un embrollo the plot of the movie is extremely involved o complicated
    se metió en un embrollo he got himself into a mess
    un embrollo político a political imbroglio
    * * *

    Del verbo embrollar: ( conjugate embrollar)

    embrollo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    embrolló es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    embrollar    
    embrollo    
    embrolló
    embrollar ( conjugate embrollar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹hilo/madeja› to tangle (up)


    ‹ persona› to muddle, confuse
    c) ( implicar) embrollo a algn en algo to embroil sb in sth, get sb involved in sth

    embrollarse verbo pronominal [hilo/madeja] to get tangled;
    [ situación] to get confused o muddled;
    [ persona] to get muddled, to get mixed up (colloq)
    embrollo sustantivo masculino (de hilos, cables) tangle;
    (de callejuelas, pasillos) maze;
    ( situación confusa) muddle, mess;
    ◊ el argumento es un embrollo the plot is extremely involved o complicated

    embrollo sustantivo masculino
    1 (enredo) muddle, confusion
    2 (situación apurada) fix, jam

    ' embrollo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    barullo
    - enredo
    - lío
    English:
    muddle
    - rigmarole
    - screw-up
    - jumble
    - tangle
    * * *
    1. [lío] mess;
    meterse en un embrollo to get into a mess;
    en menudo embrollo nos hemos metido this is a fine mess we've got ourselves into;
    la trama de la obra es un verdadero embrollo the plot of the play is really complicated o confusing
    2. [mentira] lie
    3. [de hilos, cuerdas, cables] tangle
    * * *
    m tangle; fig
    mess, muddle
    * * *
    enredo: imbroglio, confusion

    Spanish-English dictionary > embrollo

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