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1 dilapador
= profligate.Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.* * *= profligate.Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
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2 despilfarrador
adj.squanderer, profligate, unthrifty, wasteful.m.squanderer, waster, wastrel.* * *► adjetivo1 spendthrift, wasteful► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 spendthrift, waster, squanderer* * *despilfarrador, -a1.ADJ (=malgastador) [de dinero] extravagant, wasteful; [de recursos, esfuerzos] wasteful2.SM / F spendthrift* * *- dora masculino, femenino spendthrift* * *= wasteful, profligate, spendthrift.Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.* * *- dora masculino, femenino spendthrift* * *= wasteful, profligate, spendthrift.Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.* * *wasteful, spendthrift ( before n)masculine, femininespendthrift* * *despilfarrador, -ora♦ adjwasteful, spendthrift♦ nm,fspendthrift, squanderer* * *I adj wastefulII m, despilfarradora f spendthrift* * *despilfarrador, - dora adj: extravagant, wastefuldespilfarrador, - dora n: spendthrift, prodigal -
3 derrochador
adj.spendthrift, wasteful, squandering, lavish.m.spendthrift, big spender, spender, squanderer.* * *► adjetivo1 wasteful, squandering, spendthrift► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 squanderer, wasteful person, spendthrift* * *derrochador, -aADJ SM / F spendthrift* * *I- dora adjetivoII- dora masculino, femenino squanderer, spendthrift* * *= wasteful, profligate, overspender [over-spender], spender, big spender, spendthrift.Ex. It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.Ex. The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex. And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.Ex. Married couples with children, the nation's biggest spenders, may not be be able to continue spending as much in the future as they have in the past.Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.* * *I- dora adjetivoII- dora masculino, femenino squanderer, spendthrift* * *= wasteful, profligate, overspender [over-spender], spender, big spender, spendthrift.Ex: It is thus uneconomical and wasteful of space in the catalogue to provide entries for documents under all synonymous subject headings.
Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.Ex: The site shows that the highest proportions of 'tossers' -- or overspenders -- are in Northern Ireland and eastern England.Ex: And when men are the spenders, they typically shell out more than wives do -- about 40 percent more.Ex: Married couples with children, the nation's biggest spenders, may not be be able to continue spending as much in the future as they have in the past.Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.* * *tiene un marido derrochador her husband is really wasteful with money o is a spendthrift o squanders all their moneyhoy estoy derrochador I'm feeling extravagant today, I feel like splashing out today ( colloq)masculine, femininesquanderer, spendthrift* * *
derrochador◊ - dora adjetivo: es muy derrochador he's a real spendthrift
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
squanderer, spendthrift
derrochador,-ora
I adjetivo wasteful
II sustantivo masculino y femenino wasteful person, squanderer, spendthrift
' derrochador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
derrochadora
- botarate
English:
extravagant
- spendthrift
- wasteful
* * *derrochador, -ora♦ adjwasteful♦ nm,fspendthrift* * *I adj wastefulII m, derrochadora f spendthrift* * *derrochador, - dora adj: extravagant, wastefulderrochador, - dora n: spendthrift -
4 desperdiciador
adj.spendthrift, wasteful.m.spendthrift, squanderer, lavisher.* * *desperdiciador, -aADJ SM / F spendthrift* * *= profligate.Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.* * *= profligate.Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against ' profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
* * *wastefulmasculine, femininespendthrift* * *desperdiciador, -ora♦ adjwasteful♦ nm,fwastrel, rogue -
5 ancho de banda
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6 banda
f.1 gang (de personas) (cuadrilla).banda armada terrorist organization2 sash (faja).banda magnética magnetic strip3 band (finance) (tramo).banda impositiva tax bracketbanda salarial wage bracket, salary band4 waveband (radio).banda de frecuencias frequency (band)5 cushion.6 group of men, group of people, party, corps.7 music band, band.8 edge of billiard table.9 lemniscus.* * *1 (faja) sash2 (lista) band3 (tira) strip4 (lado) side5 (en billar) cushion\cerrarse en banda to dig one's heels incoger por banda a alguien / pillar en banda a alguien to lay one's hands on somebodybanda de frecuencia radio bandbanda magnética magnetic stripbanda sonora sound trackbanda transportadora conveyor beltlínea de banda touchline————————1 (músicos) band2 (maleantes) gang3 (pájaros) flock\banda de música bandbanda de rock rock groupbanda municipal town bandbanda terrorista terrorist group* * *noun f.1) band2) gang3) strip•* * *SF1) (=grupo) [de música] band; [de delincuentes, amigos] gang; [de guerrilleros] band; [de partidarios] party, group; [de aves] flocknegociaciones a tres bandas — three-party talks, trilateral negotiations
banda juvenil — youth gang, street gang
2) (=cinta) [en la ropa] band, strip; [de gala] sashbanda gástrica — (Med) gastric band
3) (=franja) [de tierra] strip, ribbon; [de carretera, pista de atletismo] lanebanda de frecuencia — band, waveband
banda de rodaje, banda de rodamiento — (Aut) tread
la Banda Oriental — esp Cono Sur Uruguay
banda sonora — [de película] soundtrack; [en carretera] rumble strip
4) (=lado) [de río] side, bank; [de monte] side, edge; [de barco] sidecoger a algn por banda —
¡como te coja por banda! — I'll get even with you!
5) (Dep) sideline, touchlinefuera de banda — out of play, in touch
sacar de banda — to take a throw-in, throw the ball in
línea de banda — sideline, touchline
6) (Billar) cushion* * *1) (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash; (franja, lista) band; ( para pelo) (Méx) hairband; ( en brazo) armbandsaque de banda — ( en fútbol) throw-in; ( en rugby) put-in
lanzó el balón fuera de banda — he kicked the ball into touch o (AmE) out of bounds
irse en banda — (CS fam)
el equipo se fue en banda — the team did terribly
3)a) ( de delincuentes) gangb) (Mús) band* * *= bandwidth, strip, band, band, sideline, prong, stripe, group, pod, gang, sash, band.Ex. Digital transmission is therefore more profligate in its use of bandwidth for the same information.Ex. Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.Ex. For transmission by the telephone network, data must be converted into signals in this band of frequencies, by means of modems.Ex. The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.Ex. The article 'Off the sidelines, onto the playing field' discusses a recent project which commissioned 9 research papers to explore the future of libraries.Ex. There are 2 prongs to this research, one explores the use of the term 'information' and the other major part of the study investigates a number of aspects of some information management positions.Ex. This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.Ex. The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.Ex. In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.Ex. Just one other question: why are some of the sashes worn from left shoulder to right hip or right shoulder to left hip?.Ex. In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.----* ancho de banda = bandwidth.* asalto a dos bandas = two-pronged attack.* a tres bandas = three pronged.* banda ancha = wide-band, broadband.* banda antirrobo magnética = magnetic security tag.* banda callejera = street gang, gang, gang of youths.* banda de base = baseband.* banda de delincuentes = crime ring.* banda de linchadores = lynch mob.* banda de música = band, musical band, marching band, brass band.* banda de rodamiento de neumático = tyre tread.* banda estrecha = narrow-band.* banda gástrica = gastric band.* banda impositiva = income tax bracket, tax bracket.* banda juvenil = gang of youths.* banda magnética = magnetic strip, magnetic stripe, magstripe.* banda musical = musical band.* banda sonora = sound track film, soundtrack [sound track], rumble strip.* banda sonora de película = film music.* banda terrorista = terrorist group.* cabecilla de la banda = leader of the pack.* carrete de banda sonora = sound track film reel.* grabación de banda de música = band recording.* tarjeta de banda magnética = swipecard.* * *1) (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash; (franja, lista) band; ( para pelo) (Méx) hairband; ( en brazo) armbandsaque de banda — ( en fútbol) throw-in; ( en rugby) put-in
lanzó el balón fuera de banda — he kicked the ball into touch o (AmE) out of bounds
irse en banda — (CS fam)
el equipo se fue en banda — the team did terribly
3)a) ( de delincuentes) gangb) (Mús) band* * *= bandwidth, strip, band, band, sideline, prong, stripe, group, pod, gang, sash, band.Ex: Digital transmission is therefore more profligate in its use of bandwidth for the same information.
Ex: Later this strip is retyped into ordinary language, for in its nascent form it is intelligible only to the initiated.Ex: For transmission by the telephone network, data must be converted into signals in this band of frequencies, by means of modems.Ex: The cords themselves could be placed either outside the backs of the folded sheets, where they would show as raised bands across the spine of the book, or in slots sawn into the folds to give the book a flat back.Ex: The article 'Off the sidelines, onto the playing field' discusses a recent project which commissioned 9 research papers to explore the future of libraries.Ex: There are 2 prongs to this research, one explores the use of the term 'information' and the other major part of the study investigates a number of aspects of some information management positions.Ex: This paper describes an oscillating chemical reaction, and discusses numerous parallels to it in research, such as in fibrillation of the heart, body-clock rhythms of animals and plants, the self-assembly of multicellular organisms, and certain stripes in volcanic rock.Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.Ex: Just one other question: why are some of the sashes worn from left shoulder to right hip or right shoulder to left hip?.Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.* ancho de banda = bandwidth.* asalto a dos bandas = two-pronged attack.* a tres bandas = three pronged.* banda ancha = wide-band, broadband.* banda antirrobo magnética = magnetic security tag.* banda callejera = street gang, gang, gang of youths.* banda de base = baseband.* banda de delincuentes = crime ring.* banda de linchadores = lynch mob.* banda de música = band, musical band, marching band, brass band.* banda de rodamiento de neumático = tyre tread.* banda estrecha = narrow-band.* banda gástrica = gastric band.* banda impositiva = income tax bracket, tax bracket.* banda juvenil = gang of youths.* banda magnética = magnetic strip, magnetic stripe, magstripe.* banda musical = musical band.* banda sonora = sound track film, soundtrack [sound track], rumble strip.* banda sonora de película = film music.* banda terrorista = terrorist group.* cabecilla de la banda = leader of the pack.* carrete de banda sonora = sound track film reel.* grabación de banda de música = band recording.* tarjeta de banda magnética = swipecard.* * *A1 ( Indum) (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash; (franja, lista) band; (para el pelo) ( Méx) hair bandllevaba una banda negra en el brazo he was wearing a black armband2 (de tierra) stripCompuestos:broad bandfrequency band( Méx) fan belttreadtax bandtrimmagnetic stripceremonial sash ( worn by the president)salary band( Méx) conveyor beltB1 (de un barco) side2 (en el billar) cushion3 (en fútbol) touchlinelanzó el balón fuera de banda he kicked the ball into touch o out of play o ( AmE) out of boundscerrarse en banda to refuse to listendejar a algn/andar/quedar en banda ( RPl fam): anda en banda he doesn't know what to do with himself, he's at a bit of a lossse fueron y me dejaron en banda they went off and left me not knowing what to do with myself o and left me at a bit of a lossC1 (de delincuentes) gangbanda armada armed gangbanda terrorista terrorist group2 ( Mús) band3 (de aves) flock* * *
banda sustantivo femenino
1 (en la cintura, cruzando el pecho) sash;
(franja, lista) band;
( para pelo) (Méx) hair-band;
( en brazo) armband;
banda sonora (Cin) sound track;
banda ancha broadband;
banda transportadora (Méx) conveyor belt
2 ( de barco) side;
( en billar) cushion;
(en fútbol, rugby) touchline;
( en rugby) put-in
3
b) (Mús) band
banda 1 sustantivo femenino
1 Mús band
2 (de criminales) gang
banda armada, armed gang
banda terrorista, terrorist group
3 (de pájaros) flock
banda 2 sustantivo femenino
1 (cinta) sash
2 (franja, lista) strip
3 (lado) side
4 (billar) cushion
5 Ftb línea de banda, touchline
saque de banda, throw-in
6 Telec banda de frecuencia, frequency band
Cine banda sonora, sound track
♦ Locuciones: cerrarse en banda, to dig in one's heels
coger a alguien por banda, to approach someone o to put one's hand in someone
jugar a varias bandas, to double-deal o to play the field
' banda' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabeza
- cerebro
- cerrarse
- escindirse
- forajida
- forajido
- madriguera
- saque
- separarse
- terrorista
- barra
- doblar
- escoleta
- franja
- juez
English:
band
- boundary
- brass band
- bust
- flute
- gang
- protection money
- ring
- rough up
- sideline
- soundtrack
- split off
- strike up
- throw in
- throw-in
- touch
- touchline
- wing
- brass
- broadband
- conveyor (belt)
- crew
- elastic
- fan
- hair
- sash
- side
- sound
- swipe
- tread
- wave
* * *banda nf1. [cuadrilla] gangbanda armada terrorist organization2. [de música] [de viento y percusión] (brass) band;[de rock, pop] band;una banda de gaiteros a pipe band3. [faja] sashbanda presidencial presidential sash4. [para el pelo] hairband5. [cinta] ribbonbanda magnética magnetic strip;banda de Möbius Möbius strip;banda sonora [de película] soundtrack;banda transportadora [para bultos, mercancía] conveyor belt;[para peatones] moving walkway6. [franja] stripe;una camisa con bandas blancas a T-shirt with white stripesbanda sonora [en carretera] rumble strip7. [escala] bandFin banda de fluctuación fluctuation o currency band;banda de precios price range o band;banda salarial salary range o band8. Rad waveband;ancho de banda bandwidthbanda ancha broadband;banda estrecha narrow band;banda de frecuencia(s) frequency bandel balón salió por la banda the ball went out of play;avanzar por la banda to go down the wing10. [en billar] cushion11. [pez] dealfish12. Hist la Banda Oriental = name of former Spanish territories comprising the present-day Republic of Uruguay and southern Brazilse descolgó toda la banda al concierto de rock the whole gang went to the rock concert14. Compcerrarse en banda to dig one's heels in;se han cerrado en banda a cualquier reforma they have flatly refused to accept any reforms;Esp Fam [atrapar] to buttonhole sb;jugar a dos bandas to play a double game;RP Famestar/quedar en banda to be/be left at a loss* * *f2 de delincuentes gang3 ( cinta) sash4 en fútbol touchline5 de billar cushion6:cerrarse en banda fam stand firm, dig one’s heels in fam* * *banda nf1) : band, stripbanda transportadora: conveyor belt3) : band (of musicians)4) : gang (of persons), flock (of birds)5)banda de rodadura : tread (of a tire, etc.)6)banda sonora orbanda de sonido : sound track* * *banda n1. (de músicos) band / group2. (de delincuentes) gang3. (franja) stripe -
7 dedicación de esfuerzo
(n.) = expenditure of effortEx. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.* * *(n.) = expenditure of effortEx: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
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8 dedicación de tiempo
(n.) = expenditure of timeEx. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.* * *(n.) = expenditure of timeEx: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
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9 encender
v.1 to light (vela, cigarro, chimenea).encender una cerilla to light o strike a matchElla enciende los troncos She lights the logs.2 to switch on (aparato).enciende la luz, que no veo switch the light on, I can't see3 to arouse (entusiasmo, ira).4 to turn on, to put on, to run, to switch on.Ella enciende el abanico She turns on the fan.5 to kindle, to stir up, to revive, to spark.Ella enciende la pasión She kindles the passion.* * *2 (luz, radio, tv) to turn on, switch on, put on; (gas) to turn on, light3 figurado (ocasionar) to kindle, provoke, spark off■ la construcción de la valla encendió las disputas entre las dos familias the building of the fence sparked off the rows between the two families1 (incendiarse) to catch fire, ignite3 figurado (excitarse) to flare up4 figurado (ruborizarse) to blush, go red* * *verb1) to light2) switch on3) start4) arouse* * *1. VT1) (=prender) [+ fuego, cigarrillo] to light; [+ cerilla] to strike; [+ luz, radio] to turn on, switch on, put on; [+ gas] to light, turn on; (Inform) to toggle on, switch on2) (=avivar) [+ pasiones] to inflame; [+ entusiasmo] to arouse; [+ celos, odio] to awake; [+ guerra] to spark off2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <cigarrillo/hoguera/vela> to light; < fósforo> to strike, lightb) <luz/calefacción> to switch on, turn on; < motor> to startc) <deseos/pasiones> to awaken, arouse (liter)2. 3.encenderse v pron1) aparato/luz to come on; fósforo/piloto to light; leña to catch lightse encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed
2) persona to blow one's top (colloq), to get mad (colloq); rostro to go red* * *= switch on, turn on, be fired with, light, spark, inflame, ignite, crank up, fire.Ex. Some microfilm readers are less easy to manage (for example, to switch on, locate the appropriate frame) than others.Ex. To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.Ex. Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.Ex. She sat back in her chair, crossed her legs, lighted a cigarette, and smoked herself into a cloud.Ex. The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.Ex. His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex. As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.----* encender la chispa = kindle + spark.* encender la luz = turn + the light on.* encenderse = light up.* encender un cigarrillo = light up.* hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <cigarrillo/hoguera/vela> to light; < fósforo> to strike, lightb) <luz/calefacción> to switch on, turn on; < motor> to startc) <deseos/pasiones> to awaken, arouse (liter)2. 3.encenderse v pron1) aparato/luz to come on; fósforo/piloto to light; leña to catch lightse encendió la llama de su pasión — (liter) his passions were aroused o (liter) inflamed
2) persona to blow one's top (colloq), to get mad (colloq); rostro to go red* * *= switch on, turn on, be fired with, light, spark, inflame, ignite, crank up, fire.Ex: Some microfilm readers are less easy to manage (for example, to switch on, locate the appropriate frame) than others.
Ex: To use DOBIS/LIBIS, turn the terminal on and wait for it to warm up.Ex: Librarians and bibliographers are as deeply fired with the idealistic fervour which is alleged to have imbued the medieval knights.Ex: She sat back in her chair, crossed her legs, lighted a cigarette, and smoked herself into a cloud.Ex: The nineteenth century was, quite rightly, fearful of any system of spreading knowledge which might spark the tinder box of unrest.Ex: His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex: As the sun begins to move toward the horizon, you want to crank up the engine again and head back home.Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.* encender la chispa = kindle + spark.* encender la luz = turn + the light on.* encenderse = light up.* encender un cigarrillo = light up.* hacer que se encienda una luz = activate + light.* * *encender [E8 ]vt1 ‹cigarrillo/hoguera/vela› to light; ‹cerilla› to strike, lightnos esperaba con la chimenea encendida she had the fire lit when we arrived2 ‹luz/radio/calefacción› to switch on, turn on, put on; ‹motor› to startno dejes el televisor encendido don't leave the television on3 ‹deseos/pasiones› to awaken, arouse, inflame ( liter)el dictador había encendido el fanatismo the dictator had stirred up fanaticism■ encendervi1 «cerilla» to light; «leña» to catch light, kindle2 «bombilla/tubo fluorescente» to come on, light up, light; «radio» to come onA «aparato» to come on; «llama/piloto» to lightesperar a que se encienda la luz roja wait until the red light comes onB2 «rostro» to go redal verlo se le encendió el rostro she went red in the face o she blushed when she saw him* * *
encender ( conjugate encender) verbo transitivo
‹ fósforo› to strike, light
‹ motor› to start;
verbo intransitivo [ fósforo] to light;
[ leña] to catch light;
[luz/radio] to come on
encenderse verbo pronominal [aparato/luz] to come on;
[fósforo/piloto] to light;
[ leña] to catch light
encender verbo transitivo
1 (con interruptor) to switch on
(con fuego) to light: enciende una cerilla, strike a match
2 (avivar) to stir up
' encender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lumbre
- encienda
- luz
- poner
English:
barbecue
- blow
- ignite
- inflame
- light
- light up
- power up
- put on
- rekindle
- set off
- strike
- switch on
- turn on
- kindle
- put
- start
- switch
- turn
* * *♦ vt1. [vela, cigarro, chimenea, mecha] to light;encender una cerilla to light o strike a match;encender una hoguera to light a bonfire2. [aparato] to switch on;[motor] to start up;enciende la luz, que no veo switch the light on, I can't see3. [entusiasmo, ira] to arouse;[pasión] to arouse, to inflame;sus acusaciones encendieron los ánimos his accusations aroused people's anger;me enciende con esas cosas que dice he makes me mad with those things he says4. [guerra, contienda] to spark off* * *v/t2 figinflame, arouse, stir up* * *encender {56} vi: to lightencender vt1) : to light, to set fire to2) prender: to switch on3) : to start (a motor)4) : to arouse, to kindle* * *encender vb1. (conectar) to switch on / to turn on -
10 hasta tal punto que
Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.* * *Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
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11 prender
v.1 to arrest, to apprehend.La policía prende al criminal The police arrests the criminal.2 to fasten.3 to light (encender) (luz, interruptor). (especially Latin American Spanish)prender fuego a algo to set fire to something, to set something on fire4 to grip.5 to catch (fire).6 to take root (plant).7 to spread.una idea que ha prendido entre el público an idea that has caught on among the public8 to ignite, to light.Ella prende el fuego She ignites the fire.9 to pin on, to stick on, to buckle on.Ella prende el broche She pins on the brooch.10 to seize, to catch, to grasp, to capture.El guarda prende al ladrón The guard seizes the thief.11 to turn on, to activate, to switch on.Ella prendió la luz She turned on the light.* * *1 (agarrar) to catch; (arrestar) to arrest2 (sujetar) to attach; (con agujas) to pin3 (encender - fuego) to light; (- luz) to turn on1 (arraigar - planta, costumbre) to take root2 (fuego, madera, etc) to catch light, catch fire1 to catch fire\prender fuego a to set fire to, set light to* * *verb1) to pin2) catch3) seize•* * *1. VT1) [+ persona] (=capturar) to catch, capture; (=detener) to arrest2) (Cos) (=sujetar) to fasten; [con alfiler] to pin, attach (en to)3) (=atar) to tie, do up4) esp LAm [+ fuego, horno, vela, cigarrillo] to light; [+ cerilla] to strike; [+ luz, TV] to switch on; [+ cuarto] to light up2. VI1) [fuego] to catch2) (=engancharse) to catch, stick3) [planta] to take, take root4) [vacuna] to take3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < persona> to catch, seize2) ( sujetar)3)a) <cigarrillo/cerilla> to lightb) (AmL) < gas> to turn on, light; <estufa/horno> to turn on; <radio/luz> to turn on, switch on2.prender vi1) rama/planta to take2) ( arder)3) idea/moda to catch on3.* * *= fire, ignite, inflame.Ex. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.Ex. Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex. His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.----* fuego + prenderse = fire + break out.* prender con alfileres = pin.* prenderse fuego = set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, burn, catch + fire.* prenderle fuego a = set + fire to.* prenderse fuego = catch on + fire.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) < persona> to catch, seize2) ( sujetar)3)a) <cigarrillo/cerilla> to lightb) (AmL) < gas> to turn on, light; <estufa/horno> to turn on; <radio/luz> to turn on, switch on2.prender vi1) rama/planta to take2) ( arder)3) idea/moda to catch on3.* * *= fire, ignite, inflame.Ex: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
Ex: Nitrate film ignites readily, burns fiercely, virtually inextinguishably and with highly toxic fumes.Ex: His works are among the few films that can inflame the emotions as easily today as they could when they were originally made.* fuego + prenderse = fire + break out.* prender con alfileres = pin.* prenderse fuego = set + Nombre + on fire, torch, ignite, set + ablaze, burn, catch + fire.* prenderle fuego a = set + fire to.* prenderse fuego = catch on + fire.* * *prender [E1 ]vtA ‹persona› to catch, seizeB(sujetar): le prendió el pelo con una horquilla she pinned back her hair with a hairpinllevaba una flor prendida en el ojal he was wearing a flower (pinned) in his buttonholeel bajo está prendido con alfileres the hem's been pinned upC ( Col) ‹botón/parche› to sew onD1prender fuego a to set fire toprendió fuego al bosque he set fire to the woods, he set the woods on fireprendió un cigarrillo/una cerilla she lit a cigarette/a match2 ( AmL) ‹gas› to turn on, light; ‹estufa/horno› to turn on; ‹radio/luz› to turn on, switch on■ prenderviA «vacuna» to take; «rama/planta» to takeB(arder): la leña está mojada y no prende the wood's damp and won't catch light o won't catch o won't takeC «idea/moda» to catch onA (con fuego) to catch firese le prendió el trapo the cloth caught fireB( Col) (contagiarse): se le prendió el sarampión de su hermano she caught her brother's measles, she caught the measles from her brotherC ( Col) (animarse) to liven up, get goingestoy prendido I've got wind* * *
prender ( conjugate prender) verbo transitivo
1 ‹ persona› to catch, seize
2 ( sujetar) to pin;
‹bajo/dobladillo› to pin up
3
‹estufa/horno› to turn on;
‹radio/luz/televisión› to turn on, switch on
verbo intransitivo
1 [rama/planta] to take
2
[ leña] to catch (light)
3 [idea/moda] to catch on
prenderse verbo pronominal
prender
I verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona) to catch, capture
2 (arrestar, detener) to arrest
3 (sujetar) to fasten, attach
(con alfileres) to pin
4 (una cerilla, un cigarro) to light
prender fuego a algo, to set fire to sthg
II verbo intransitivo
1 (fuego) to catch: la leña mojada no prende, wet wood doesn't catch fire
2 (planta) to take root
3 (una idea, una opinión) to catch on
' prender' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
enganchar
- incendiar
- luz
English:
fasten on to
- fire
- light
- pin
- pin on
- set
- alight
- catch
- foot
- put
- start
- switch
- take
- turn
* * *♦ vt1. [arrestar] to arrest, to apprehend2. [sujetar] to fasten;prendió el clavel en la solapa con un alfiler she attached the carnation to her lapel with a pin3. [fuego] to light;prendieron fuego a los matorrales they set fire to the bushes, they set the bushes on fire4. [agarrar] to grip;prendió con fuerza el brazo de su madre he gripped his mother's arm tightly[motor] to start (up);prende la luz, que no veo turn o switch the light on, I can't see;prendió un cigarrillo she lit a cigarette♦ vi1. [arder] to catch fire;esta leña no prende this wood won't catch fire2. [planta] to take root3. [opinión] to spread;es una idea que ha prendido entre el público it's an idea that has caught on among the public* * *<part preso>I v/t1 a fugitivo capture2 sujetar pin up3 L.Am.fuego light; luz switch on, turn on;prender fuego a set fire toII v/i1 de planta take3 de moda catch on* * *prender vt1) sujetar: to pin, to fasten2) apresar: to catch, to apprehend3) : to light (a cigarette, a match)4) : to turn onprende la luz: turn on the light5)prender fuego a : to set fire toprender vi1) : to take root2) : to catch fire3) : to catch on* * *prender vb -
12 satisfacción personal
(n.) = personal satisfaction, ego satisfactionEx. Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.Ex. Such positive rewards as ego satisfaction and self-realization are the most significant.* * *(n.) = personal satisfaction, ego satisfactionEx: Mearns, too, has warned against 'profligate expenditure of time and effort when the reference librarian's own curiosity is fired to a point where he feels himself impelled to seek personal satisfaction'.
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13 disipado
adj.1 1, Dissipated, devoted to pleasure.2 prodigal, lavisher.3 licentious, dissolute.f. & m.profligate, profligate person.past part.past participle of spanish verb: disipar.* * *1→ link=disipar disipar► adjetivo1 dissipated, wasted, debauched\vida disipada life of debauchery* * *ADJ1) (=libertino) dissipated2) (=derrochador) extravagant* * *- da adjetivo <vida/comportamiento> dissolute, dissipated* * *- da adjetivo <vida/comportamiento> dissolute, dissipated* * *disipado -da‹vida/comportamiento› dissolute, dissipated* * *disipado, -a adj[libertino] [vida, conducta, persona] dissipated, dissolute* * *adj dissipated -
14 disipado
• dissipated• dissolute• licentious• profligate• profligate person• unruly• wasted-away• wasteful person -
15 disoluto
• debaucher• dissipated• dissolute• Lebanese• lecherous• lewd• lewd person• licentious• licentious person• man of parts• man of position• profligate• profligate person• roué• volunteer• voluptuous -
16 libertino
• dissolute• dissolute person• libertine• licentious• licentious person• man of parts• man of position• profligate• profligate person• roué• wanting• wanton injury -
17 libidinoso
• dissolute• lasagna• lasagne• lascivious person• lasciviously• Lebanese• lecherous• lewd• lewd individual• lewd person• libidinal• libidinous• lubricious• lustful• profligate• profligate person• volunteer• voluptuous -
18 licencioso
• debaucher• dissipated• dissolute• licentious• licentious person• man of parts• man of position• profligate• profligate person• unbridled• volunteer• voluptuous• wanting• wanton injury -
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adj.squandering, wasteful, dissipative, prodigal.m.1 spendthrift, a prodigal, a lavisher.2 squanderer, dissipater, spendthrift, dissipator.3 radiator, cooler, heat dissipator.* * *disipador, -aSM / F spendthrift* * *= spendthrift.Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.* * *= spendthrift.Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.
* * *masculine, femininespendthrift, profligate ( liter)Compuesto:heat sink* * *disipador, -ora♦ nm,f[de fortunas] spendthrift♦ nmInformát disipador térmico heat sink* * *I adj spendthriftII m, disipadora f spendthrift -
20 libertino
adj.dissolute, lacking in moral restraints, libertine, loose.m.libertine, ladies' man, dissolute person, licentious person.* * *► adjetivo1 licentious► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 libertine* * *libertino, -a1. ADJ1) (=inmoral) loose-living, profligate frm2) (Rel) ( Hist) freethinking2. SM / F1) (=juerguista) libertine2) (Rel) ( Hist) freethinker* * *I- na adjetivo dissolute, licentiousII- na masculino, femenino libertine* * *= licentious, wanton, libertine, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.].Ex. The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.Ex. Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.Ex. Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.Ex. The survivors described the public decapitation of women 'accused of loose morality,' and the use of mustard gas and nerve agents against opponents of the regime.----* mujer lasciva = wanton woman.* * *I- na adjetivo dissolute, licentiousII- na masculino, femenino libertine* * *= licentious, wanton, libertine, loose [looser -comp., loosest -sup.].Ex: The reviewer, focusing on questions of methodology, finds the book often wide of its mark and the method historically licentious.
Ex: Luxury goods such as cosmetics, radios and lingerie, were once burned in public bonfires because they 'aroused wanton desires in the minds of the people'.Ex: Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.Ex: The survivors described the public decapitation of women 'accused of loose morality,' and the use of mustard gas and nerve agents against opponents of the regime.* mujer lasciva = wanton woman.* * *dissolute, licentiousmasculine, femininelibertine* * *
libertino◊ -na adjetivo
dissolute, licentious
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
libertine
libertino,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino libertine
' libertino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calavera
- libertina
- perdida
- perdido
* * *libertino, -a♦ adjlicentious♦ nm,flibertine* * *I adj dissolute, libertineII m libertine* * *libertino, -na adj: licentious, dissolutelibertino, -na n: libertine
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