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  • 1 Europa Central

    f.
    Central Europe.
    * * *
    = Central Europe, Mitteleurope
    Ex. Since the collapse of the Berlin wall, women & girls have been trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe to work as prostitutes in the European Union.
    Ex. It also proves the absurdity of Nazi race theories of 'racial purity,' since the various peoples of Mitteleurope, the Germans in particular, are among the most mixed stocks in Europe.
    * * *
    = Central Europe, Mitteleurope

    Ex: Since the collapse of the Berlin wall, women & girls have been trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe to work as prostitutes in the European Union.

    Ex: It also proves the absurdity of Nazi race theories of 'racial purity,' since the various peoples of Mitteleurope, the Germans in particular, are among the most mixed stocks in Europe.

    Spanish-English dictionary > Europa Central

  • 2 buscar trabajo en la calle

    (v.) = work + the streets
    Ex. Study finds four-fifths of prostitutes don't work the streets.
    * * *
    (v.) = work + the streets

    Ex: Study finds four-fifths of prostitutes don't work the streets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > buscar trabajo en la calle

  • 3 duramente

    adv.
    1 hardy, rigorously.
    2 hard, hardly, callously, harshly.
    * * *
    2 (con severidad) harshly
    * * *
    ADV [atacar] fiercely; [castigar, criticar] harshly; [entrenar, trabajar] hard
    * * *
    adverbio <castigar/tratar> harshly; < trabajar> hard
    * * *
    = sternly, roundly.
    Ex. Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.
    Ex. The constant demand for a return to the previous situation, so roundly criticised by the committee, may soon be granted.
    ----
    * castigar duramente = smite.
    * criticar duramente = slate, flail away at.
    * criticar duramente a Alguien = tear + Nombre + to shreds.
    * golpear duramente = pummel, smite.
    * * *
    adverbio <castigar/tratar> harshly; < trabajar> hard
    * * *
    = sternly, roundly.

    Ex: Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.

    Ex: The constant demand for a return to the previous situation, so roundly criticised by the committee, may soon be granted.
    * castigar duramente = smite.
    * criticar duramente = slate, flail away at.
    * criticar duramente a Alguien = tear + Nombre + to shreds.
    * golpear duramente = pummel, smite.

    * * *
    1 ‹castigar/tratar› harshly
    2 ‹trabajar› hard
    * * *
    1. [con fuerza] hard
    2. [con agresividad] severely, harshly;
    fue duramente criticado he was severely criticized
    * * *
    1) : harshly, severely
    2) : hard
    * * *
    1. (severamente) harshly
    2. (trabajar) hard

    Spanish-English dictionary > duramente

  • 4 guarda de los aparcamientos O.R.A.

    (n.) = meter maid
    Ex. The article is entitled 'From prostitutes to meter maids - unholy sources of urban information'.
    * * *
    (n.) = meter maid

    Ex: The article is entitled 'From prostitutes to meter maids - unholy sources of urban information'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > guarda de los aparcamientos O.R.A.

  • 5 impuro

    adj.
    1 impure, dirty, contaminated, degraded.
    2 alloyed.
    3 unchaste, lustful, lewd, sinful.
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    1 impure
    * * *
    (f. - impura)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [sustancia, agua] impure
    2) [persona, pensamiento] impure
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) <aire/mineral> impure
    b) (Relig) < pensamientos> impure, unwholesome
    * * *
    = unholy, unclean.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) <aire/mineral> impure
    b) (Relig) < pensamientos> impure, unwholesome
    * * *
    = unholy, unclean.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    Ex: The causes were accumulated dust on the books and an influx of unprocessed and unclean materials into the room.

    * * *
    impuro -ra
    1 ‹aire/mineral› impure
    2 ( Relig) ‹pensamientos› impure, unwholesome
    * * *

    impuro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    impure
    impuro,-a adjetivo impure

    ' impuro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    impura
    English:
    impure
    - unclean
    * * *
    impuro, -a adj
    1. [aire, agua] impure
    2. [inmoral] impure
    * * *
    adj impure
    * * *
    impuro, -ra adj
    : impure

    Spanish-English dictionary > impuro

  • 6 infame

    adj.
    1 vile, base.
    2 infamous, wicked.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: infamar.
    * * *
    1 (vil) despicable, vile
    2 (muy malo) awful, terrible
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ (=odioso) [persona] odious; [tarea] thankless
    2.
    SMF vile person, villain
    * * *
    I
    a) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgraceful
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terrible
    II
    masculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person
    * * *
    = slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.
    Ex. That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.
    Ex. The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex. It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    ----
    * coalición infame = unholy alliance.
    * * *
    I
    a) (vil, cruel) < persona> loathsome, despicable; <acción/comportamiento> unspeakable, disgraceful
    b) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico) horrible, terrible
    II
    masculino y femenino loathsome o despicable person
    * * *
    = slanderous, infamous, despicable, unholy, notorious, dastardly, beyond evil, loathsome.

    Ex: That's slanderous; they're not the names of the people.

    Ex: The Matsukawa Materials Room at Fukushima University, Japan, contains items relating to the Matsukawa Incident, an infamous miscarriage of justice in Aug 1949.
    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex: Iraqi secret police believed that the notorious Palestinian assassin Abu Nidal was working for the Americans as well as Egypt and Kuwait.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.
    Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.
    * coalición infame = unholy alliance.

    * * *
    1 (vil, cruel) ‹persona› loathsome, despicable; ‹acción/comportamiento› monstrous, unspeakable, disgraceful
    2 ( fam) (uso hiperbólico) horrible, terrible
    hizo un tiempo infame we had foul o terrible o vile o horrible weather ( colloq)
    loathsome o despicable person
    * * *

    Del verbo infamar: ( conjugate infamar)

    infamé es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

    infame es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    infamar    
    infame
    infame
    I adjetivo
    1 (pésimo, horrible) dreadful, awful
    una obra de teatro infame, a dreadful play
    2 (persona) infamous, vile
    II mf vile person
    ' infame' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    indigna
    - indigno
    English:
    base
    - infamous
    - vile
    - wicked
    * * *
    infame adj
    1. [persona] vile, base
    2. Fam [libro, película] dire, dreadful;
    vivían en una casa infame they lived in a dreadful house
    * * *
    adj vile, loathsome; ( terrible) dreadful, awful
    * * *
    infame adj
    1) : infamous
    2) : loathsome, vile
    tiempo infame: terrible weather

    Spanish-English dictionary > infame

  • 7 objetos de bronce

    (n.) = brassware
    Ex. Whether making shoes, carpets, brassware, textiles or as prostitutes, children play a crucial part in many economies and in much international trade.
    * * *
    (n.) = brassware

    Ex: Whether making shoes, carpets, brassware, textiles or as prostitutes, children play a crucial part in many economies and in much international trade.

    Spanish-English dictionary > objetos de bronce

  • 8 prisionero de guerra

    (n.) = prisoner of war, war prisoner
    Ex. The author discusses the production of escape maps by Allied prisoners of war during the First and Second World Wars.
    Ex. Prostitutes outside the camp were mostly of local origin; some were widows or married women whose husbands were war prisoners.
    * * *
    (n.) = prisoner of war, war prisoner

    Ex: The author discusses the production of escape maps by Allied prisoners of war during the First and Second World Wars.

    Ex: Prostitutes outside the camp were mostly of local origin; some were widows or married women whose husbands were war prisoners.

    * * *
    prisoner of war, POW

    Spanish-English dictionary > prisionero de guerra

  • 9 profano

    adj.
    profane, worldly, irreligious.
    f. & m.
    1 lay person, non-specialist.
    2 layman.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: profanar.
    * * *
    1 (no sagrado) profane, secular
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (hombre) layman; (mujer) laywoman
    \
    ser profano,-a en la materia to know nothing about the subject
    * * *
    profano, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=laico) profane, secular
    2) (=irrespetuoso) irreverent
    3) (=no experto) lay, uninitiated; (=ignorante) ignorant

    soy profano en música — I don't know anything about music, I'm a layman when it comes to music

    4) (=deshonesto) indecent, immodest
    2.
    SM / F (=inexperto) layman/laywoman; (=ajeno) outsider
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.
    Ex. Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex. Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex. This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    ----
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( no sagrado) <escritor/música> secular, profane (frml); < fiesta> secular
    b) ( antirreligioso) profane (frml), irreverent
    II
    - na masculino, femenino
    1) (Relig) (m) layman; (f) laywoman
    2) ( no especialista) non-specialist
    * * *
    = layman [laymen, -pl.], outsider, lay, lay person [layperson], unholy, pedestrian.

    Ex: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.
    Ex: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.
    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.
    * profano en la materia = non-scholar.
    * representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation.

    * * *
    profano1 -na
    A
    1 (no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane ( frml); ‹fiesta› secular
    2 (antirreligioso) profane, irreverent
    B
    (no especializado): soy profano en la materia I'm not an expert on the subject
    profano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Relig) ( masculine) layman; ( feminine) laywoman
    B (no especialista) non-specialist
    su nombre no dice demasiado a los profanos his name doesn't mean much to the non-specialist o the layperson o the layman
    * * *

    Del verbo profanar: ( conjugate profanar)

    profano es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    profanó es:

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

    Multiple Entries:
    profanar    
    profano
    profanar ( conjugate profanar) verbo transitivo ‹templo/sepultura› to desecrate, defile
    profano
    ◊ -na adjetivo

    1
    a) ( no sagrado) ‹escritor/música› secular, profane (frml);

    ‹ fiesta› secular

    2 ( no especializado):

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    1 (Relig) (m) layman;
    (f) laywoman
    2 ( no especialista) non-specialist
    profanar verbo transitivo to desecrate
    profano,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (no sacro) profane, secular
    2 (no experto) ignorant, lay
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino layperson
    (hombre) layman
    (mujer) laywoman
    ' profano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    profana
    - temporal
    English:
    lay
    - profane
    - secular
    * * *
    profano, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [no sagrado] profane, secular;
    literatura/música profana secular literature/music
    2. [ignorante] ignorant, uninitiated;
    soy profano en la materia I'm a layman when it comes to that subject, I know nothing about the subject
    ♦ nm,f
    layman, f laywoman;
    soy un profano en cuestiones de economía I'm a layman when it comes to economics, I know nothing about economics
    * * *
    I adj fig
    lay atr
    II m layman
    * * *
    profano, -na adj
    1) : profane
    2) : worldly, secular
    profano, -na n
    : nonspecialist

    Spanish-English dictionary > profano

  • 10 prostituir

    v.
    to prostitute (sexualmente).
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ HUIR], like link=huir huir
    1 to prostitute
    1 to prostitute oneself
    * * *
    1.
    VT [+ persona] to prostitute; [+ ideales] to prostitute
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to prostitute
    2.
    prostituirse v pron to prostitute oneself
    * * *
    Ex. Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to prostitute
    2.
    prostituirse v pron to prostitute oneself
    * * *

    Ex: Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to prostitute
    2 ‹ideal/talento› to prostitute
    to prostitute oneself
    * * *

    prostituir ( conjugate prostituir) verbo transitivo
    to prostitute
    prostituirse verbo pronominal
    to prostitute oneself
    prostituir verbo transitivo to prostitute
    ' prostituir' also found in these entries:
    English:
    prostitute
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [sexualmente] to prostitute
    2. [ideales, valores] to betray
    * * *
    v/t prostitute
    * * *
    prostituir {41} vt
    : to prostitute

    Spanish-English dictionary > prostituir

  • 11 prostituta

    f.
    prostitute.
    * * *
    1 prostitute
    * * *
    f., (m. - prostituto)
    * * *
    = prostitute, whore, slut, courtesan, tart, hooker, slag, slapper, strumpet.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. In penitentiaries, nuns & whores shared a similar lifestyle & regimen, reducing the social & moral space between them.
    Ex. The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on 'nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex. This essay examines the status of courtesans in the Roman Empire.
    Ex. She loves wearing lots of make up and looking like a tart.
    Ex. The actual quotation from Castro's 1992 speech reads as follows: 'There are hookers, but prostitution is not allowed in our country'.
    Ex. Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex. Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex. She was is a bit of a strumpet and was nearly killed by her husband on her wedding night when he discovered that she was pregnant.
    ----
    * conductor que busca los servicios de una prostituta = kerb-crawler [curb-crawler, -USA].
    * solicitar los servicios de una prostituta desde el coche = kerb-crawling [curb-crawling, -USA].
    * trabajar como prostituta en la calle = work + the streets.
    * * *
    = prostitute, whore, slut, courtesan, tart, hooker, slag, slapper, strumpet.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    Ex: In penitentiaries, nuns & whores shared a similar lifestyle & regimen, reducing the social & moral space between them.
    Ex: The ratings war between TV programmes has produced an emphasis on 'nuts, sluts, & perverts' & their victims, & discussion of sexual problems are commonplace on TV talk shows.
    Ex: This essay examines the status of courtesans in the Roman Empire.
    Ex: She loves wearing lots of make up and looking like a tart.
    Ex: The actual quotation from Castro's 1992 speech reads as follows: 'There are hookers, but prostitution is not allowed in our country'.
    Ex: Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex: Sleeping around does not make a woman a slag or a slapper -- a look at sex, lies and sterotypes that still persist today.
    Ex: She was is a bit of a strumpet and was nearly killed by her husband on her wedding night when he discovered that she was pregnant.
    * conductor que busca los servicios de una prostituta = kerb-crawler [curb-crawler, -USA].
    * solicitar los servicios de una prostituta desde el coche = kerb-crawling [curb-crawling, -USA].
    * trabajar como prostituta en la calle = work + the streets.

    * * *

     

    prostituta sustantivo femenino prostitute
    ' prostituta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    macarra
    - zorra
    - golfa
    - puta
    English:
    call-girl
    - kerb-crawling
    - prostitute
    - solicit
    - soliciting
    - streetwalker
    - hooker
    * * *
    prostitute
    * * *
    f prostitute
    * * *
    prostituta n prostitute

    Spanish-English dictionary > prostituta

  • 12 prosélito

    m.
    proselyte, convert.
    * * *
    1 proselyte
    * * *
    prosélito, -a
    SM / F convert, proselyte frm
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino convert, proselyte (frml)
    * * *
    = proselyte, sectary.
    Ex. Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.
    Ex. Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.
    ----
    * ganar prosélitos = proselytise [proselytize, -USA].
    * * *
    - ta masculino, femenino convert, proselyte (frml)
    * * *
    = proselyte, sectary.

    Ex: Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.

    Ex: Further, the grand tradition still reflects the anxiety of the `free library' to dissociate itself from the proselytising clamour of Victorian sectaries of various kinds.
    * ganar prosélitos = proselytise [proselytize, -USA].

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    convert, proselyte ( frml)
    * * *
    prosélito, -a nm,f
    proselyte
    * * *
    prosélito, -ta n
    : proselyte

    Spanish-English dictionary > prosélito

  • 13 proxeneta

    f. & m.
    pimp, (f) procuress.
    * * *
    1 (hombre) procurer; (mujer) procuress
    * * *
    SMF pimp, procurer/procuress
    * * *
    (m) procurer (frml), pimp (colloq); (f) procuress (frml), pimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = pimp.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    * * *
    (m) procurer (frml), pimp (colloq); (f) procuress (frml), pimp (colloq)
    * * *
    = pimp.

    Ex: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) procurer ( frml), pimp ( colloq)
    B ( feminine) procuress ( frml), pimp ( colloq)
    * * *

    proxeneta sustantivo masculino y femenino (m) procurer (frml), pimp (colloq);
    (f) procuress (frml), pimp (colloq)
    proxeneta mf procurer, familiar pimp
    ' proxeneta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chula
    - chulo
    - cabrón
    * * *
    pimp, f procuress
    * * *
    m pimp
    * * *
    : pimp m

    Spanish-English dictionary > proxeneta

  • 14 seguidor

    adj.
    1 adherent.
    2 tracking.
    m.
    follower, adherent, disciple, underling.
    * * *
    1 following
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 follower
    2 DEPORTE follower, supporter, fan
    * * *
    (f. - seguidora)
    noun
    * * *
    seguidor, -a
    SM / F [gen] follower; (Dep) supporter, fan *
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (de teoría, filósofo) follower; (Dep) supporter, fan
    * * *
    = fan, follower, proselyte, buff, epigone.
    Ex. The article 'Why girls flock to Sweet Valley High' investigates the appeal to girls of adolescent romances and what, if anything, could be done to broaden the reading habits of such fans of formula fiction.
    Ex. Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.
    Ex. Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.
    Ex. His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex. Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.
    ----
    * ganarse seguidores = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * seguidor de la última moda = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].
    * seguidores = cohort, following.
    * seguidores, los = fandom.
    * * *
    - dora masculino, femenino (de teoría, filósofo) follower; (Dep) supporter, fan
    * * *
    = fan, follower, proselyte, buff, epigone.

    Ex: The article 'Why girls flock to Sweet Valley High' investigates the appeal to girls of adolescent romances and what, if anything, could be done to broaden the reading habits of such fans of formula fiction.

    Ex: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.
    Ex: Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.
    Ex: His intriguing book will be of interest to both buffs and scholars.
    Ex: Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.
    * ganarse seguidores = gather + a following, win + Nombre + a following, gain + a following.
    * grupo de seguidores = fandom.
    * seguidor de la última moda = faddish, faddy [faddier -comp., faddies -sup.].
    * seguidores = cohort, following.
    * seguidores, los = fandom.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    follower
    cuenta con muchos seguidores entre los estudiantes he has many followers among the student population
    su música tiene muchos seguidores many people like her music, her music has a large following
    los seguidores del método escolástico those who follow the scholastic method
    los seguidores del Juventus Juventus supporters o fans
    * * *

    seguidor
    ◊ - dora sustantivo masculino, femenino (de teoría, filósofo) follower;


    (Dep) supporter, fan
    seguidor,-ora sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 follower
    2 Dep fan
    ' seguidor' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acólito
    - adicta
    - adicto
    - seguidora
    - porrista
    English:
    follower
    - unfaithful
    - disciple
    * * *
    seguidor, -ora nm,f
    follower;
    tiene muchos seguidores he has a considerable following;
    los seguidores del equipo inglés protagonizaron muchas peleas the England fans were involved in a number of fights
    * * *
    m, seguidora f follower, supporter
    * * *
    : follower, supporter
    * * *
    seguidor n fan / supporter

    Spanish-English dictionary > seguidor

  • 15 severamente

    adv.
    severely.
    * * *
    1 severely
    * * *
    ADV
    1) (=con dureza) severely
    2) (=con austeridad) sternly
    * * *
    = sternly, harshly, stringently.
    Ex. Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.
    Ex. The fifteenth edition, which first appeared in 1974 in 30 volumes, has been criticized, sometimes harshly, for its overly complex organization.
    Ex. Emergency measures had to be taken and long-range plans had to be made to reduce binding costs stringently.
    ----
    * tratar severamente = mete out + harsh treatment.
    * * *
    = sternly, harshly, stringently.

    Ex: Samule S Green in 1876 warned sternly: 'The librarian who uses his position to make proselytes prostitutes his calling'.

    Ex: The fifteenth edition, which first appeared in 1974 in 30 volumes, has been criticized, sometimes harshly, for its overly complex organization.
    Ex: Emergency measures had to be taken and long-range plans had to be made to reduce binding costs stringently.
    * tratar severamente = mete out + harsh treatment.

    * * *
    severely
    será severamente castigado he will be severely punished
    lo miró severamente she looked at him severely
    * * *
    severely;
    lo castigaron severamente he was severely punished;
    fue criticado severamente it was harshly o severely criticized;
    la sequía afectó severamente al norte del país the drought severely affected the north of the country
    * * *
    severamente adv harshly / severely / strictly

    Spanish-English dictionary > severamente

  • 16 trabajar como prostituta en la calle

    (v.) = work + the streets
    Ex. Study finds four-fifths of prostitutes don't work the streets.
    * * *
    (v.) = work + the streets

    Ex: Study finds four-fifths of prostitutes don't work the streets.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trabajar como prostituta en la calle

  • 17 chulo1

    1 = pimp, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], thug, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, show-off, showboat, hot dog, ruffian, hoodlum, supercilious.
    Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.
    Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.
    Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.
    Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chulo1

  • 18 comercializar

    v.
    1 to market.
    2 to commercialize, to market, to put on the market, to introduce to the market.
    3 to merchandise, to merchandize.
    * * *
    1 to commercialize, market
    * * *
    VT (=explotar comercialmente) to commercialize; (=lanzar al mercado) to market
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < producto> to market; <lugar/deporte> to commercialize
    2.
    comercializarse v pron to become commercialized
    * * *
    = market, be available from, commodify.
    Ex. In information retrieval applications it was more usual for one organisation to carry most of the burden of development of the system, and then to market it to others.
    Ex. INFO-TEXT Management and Document Retrieval System is available from Henco Software Inc, Waltham, Mass., USA.
    Ex. Libraries and their collections are becoming commodified, homogenized, and ephemeral.
    ----
    * comercializar (con) = traffic (in).
    * comercializar un producto = carry, market + product.
    * comercializar un servicio = market + service, broker + service.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < producto> to market; <lugar/deporte> to commercialize
    2.
    comercializarse v pron to become commercialized
    * * *
    comercializar (con)

    Ex: Since the collapse of the Berlin wall, women & girls have been trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe to work as prostitutes in the European Union.

    = market, be available from, commodify.

    Ex: In information retrieval applications it was more usual for one organisation to carry most of the burden of development of the system, and then to market it to others.

    Ex: INFO-TEXT Management and Document Retrieval System is available from Henco Software Inc, Waltham, Mass., USA.
    Ex: Libraries and their collections are becoming commodified, homogenized, and ephemeral.
    * comercializar (con) = traffic (in).
    * comercializar un producto = carry, market + product.
    * comercializar un servicio = market + service, broker + service.

    * * *
    vt
    1 ‹producto› to market
    2 ‹lugar/deporte/arte› to commercialize
    to become commercialized
    * * *

     

    comercializar ( conjugate comercializar) verbo transitivo ‹ producto› to market;
    ‹lugar/deporte› to commercialize
    comercializarse verbo pronominal
    to become commercialized
    comercializar verbo transitivo to market
    ' comercializar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    commercialize
    - market
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [producto] to market
    2. [cultura, deporte] to commercialize
    ♦ See also the pronominal verb comercializarse
    * * *
    v/t market, sell; desp
    commercialize
    * * *
    comercializar {21} vt
    1) : to commercialize
    2) : to market

    Spanish-English dictionary > comercializar

  • 19 comercializar (con)

    (v.) = traffic (in)
    Ex. Since the collapse of the Berlin wall, women & girls have been trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe to work as prostitutes in the European Union.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comercializar (con)

  • 20 congénere

    adj.
    1 akin.
    2 congenerous.
    f. & m.
    relative, congener, kinsman, kin.
    * * *
    1 congeneric, congenerous
    1 sort, kind
    * * *
    SM fellow, person etc of the same sort
    * * *
    masculino y femenino

    mis/tus/sus congéneres — my/your/his kind

    * * *
    Ex. Smooth dogfish is a common coastal shark species found in the Atlantic Ocean, but congeners are known from the Mediterranean Sea.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino

    mis/tus/sus congéneres — my/your/his kind

    * * *

    Ex: Smooth dogfish is a common coastal shark species found in the Atlantic Ocean, but congeners are known from the Mediterranean Sea.

    * * *
    mis/tus/sus congéneres my/your/his kind
    el hombre y sus congéneres man and his fellow human beings
    el perro y sus congéneres the dog and animals of its kind
    * * *

    congénere sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (del mismo género animal) kind, fellow
    el conejo y sus congéneres, rabbits and their kind
    2 pey (compinche) buddy, pal: él y sus congéneres se dedicaron a romper escaparates, he and his buddies spent their time breaking windows
    * * *
    me avergüenzo de mis congéneres I am ashamed of my kind;
    el cachorro fue devorado por sus congéneres the cub was eaten by other lions;
    el virus afecta más a los varones de más de 60 que a sus congéneres más jóvenes the virus tends to affect males over the age of 60 more than their younger counterparts
    * * *
    m/f
    :
    este chico y sus congéneres this boy and others like him

    Spanish-English dictionary > congénere

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