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  • 1 violar

    v.
    1 to violate, to infringe (ley, derechos).
    Ella viola la ley She violates the law.
    Ellos violaron a Rosa They raped Rosa.
    2 to rape (person).
    * * *
    1 (transgredir) to violate, infringe
    2 (lugar) to violate, trespass; (tumba) to desecrate
    3 (persona) to rape
    * * *
    verb
    2) rape
    * * *
    VT
    1) [+ persona] to rape
    2) [+ ley] to break, infringe frm; [+ acuerdo, principio] to violate, breach; [+ derecho, territorio] to violate; [+ domicilio] to break into, force entry into
    3) (=profanar) to violate
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to rape
    b) < ley> to violate, break; <tratado/derecho> to violate; < templo> to violate
    * * *
    = be in violation of, breach, violate, rape, infringe (on/upon).
    Ex. A 'self-help' approach, whereby libraries cooperate to boycott periodical publishers who are considered to be culpable, may also be in violation of antitrust legislation.
    Ex. He defends the right to breach voluntary codes of practice so long as they are within the laws passed by country, state and city.
    Ex. Women who self-promote may suffer social reprisals for violating gender prescriptions to be modest.
    Ex. The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    Ex. The Act undoubtedly has the potential to infringe gravely upon the civil liberties of UK citizens.
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    * violar la intimidad = invade + privacy.
    * violar los derechos = invade + rights.
    * violar una ley = violate + law, break + the law, be in breach of + law.
    * violar un derecho = infringe + right, violate + right.
    * violar un principio = violate + principle.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) < persona> to rape
    b) < ley> to violate, break; <tratado/derecho> to violate; < templo> to violate
    * * *
    = be in violation of, breach, violate, rape, infringe (on/upon).

    Ex: A 'self-help' approach, whereby libraries cooperate to boycott periodical publishers who are considered to be culpable, may also be in violation of antitrust legislation.

    Ex: He defends the right to breach voluntary codes of practice so long as they are within the laws passed by country, state and city.
    Ex: Women who self-promote may suffer social reprisals for violating gender prescriptions to be modest.
    Ex: The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    Ex: The Act undoubtedly has the potential to infringe gravely upon the civil liberties of UK citizens.
    * violar la intimidad = invade + privacy.
    * violar los derechos = invade + rights.
    * violar una ley = violate + law, break + the law, be in breach of + law.
    * violar un derecho = infringe + right, violate + right.
    * violar un principio = violate + principle.

    * * *
    violar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹persona› to rape, violate ( frml)
    2 ‹tratado/ley› to violate, break; ‹derecho› to violate; ‹espacio aéreo› to violate
    3 ‹templo› to violate
    * * *

     

    violar ( conjugate violar) verbo transitivo
    a) ‹ persona› to rape

    b) ‹ ley› to violate, break;

    ‹tratado/derecho› to violate;
    ‹ templo› to violate
    violar verbo transitivo
    1 (un contrato, ley, etc) to violate, infringe
    2 (a una persona) to rape
    ' violar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atropellar
    - forzar
    - violentar
    - ley
    English:
    gang bang
    - infringe
    - rape
    - ravish
    - violate
    - breach
    - law
    * * *
    violar vt
    1. [persona] to rape
    2. [ley, derechos] to violate, to infringe;
    [domicilio] to break into
    * * *
    v/t
    1 rape
    2 derechos violate
    * * *
    violar vt
    1) : to rape
    2) : to violate (a law or right)
    3) profanar: to desecrate

    Spanish-English dictionary > violar

  • 2 cobarde

    adj.
    1 cowardly.
    2 coward, overly submissive.
    f. & m.
    coward.
    * * *
    1 cowardly
    1 coward
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [en lucha, aventura] cowardly; [ante sangre, alturas] faint-hearted; (=tímido) timid
    2.
    SMF coward
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo cowardly
    II
    masculino y femenino coward
    * * *
    = coward, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], quitter, dastardly, puss.
    Ex. The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    ----
    * no ser cobarde = be no chicken.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo cowardly
    II
    masculino y femenino coward
    * * *
    = coward, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], quitter, dastardly, puss.

    Ex: The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    * no ser cobarde = be no chicken.

    * * *
    cowardly
    coward
    * * *

     

    cobarde adjetivo
    cowardly
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    coward
    cobarde
    I adjetivo cowardly: fue un gesto cobarde, it was a cowardly gesture
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino coward
    ' cobarde' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cagada
    - cagado
    - conformista
    - tildar
    - gallina
    - maricón
    - palabra
    English:
    brand
    - chicken
    - coward
    - cowardly
    - yellow
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    cowardly
    ♦ nmf
    coward
    * * *
    I adj cowardly
    II m/f coward
    * * *
    cobarde adj
    : cowardly
    cobarde nmf
    : coward
    * * *
    cobarde1 adj cowardly
    cobarde2 n coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > cobarde

  • 3 colarse

    1 (escabullirse) to slip in, gatecrash
    2 (en una cola) to push in, jump the queue, US jump the line
    3 familiar (equivocarse) to slip up, make a mistake
    4 (enamorarse) to fall ( por, for)
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=filtrarse)
    2) [personas] [sin pagar] to get in without paying; [en lugar prohibido] to sneak in; [en fiesta] to gatecrash
    3) [error]
    4) [en una cola] to jump the queue, cut in line (EEUU)

    ¡oiga, no se cuele! — excuse me, there's a queue!

    5) Esp * (=equivocarse) to get it wrong *

    ¡huy! ¡me colé! — oops! I got it wrong! *

    ahí te has colado porque yo no dije nada de eso — you got it wrong there, because I didn't say anything about that

    6) Esp (=enamorarse)
    * * *
    = creep + past, sneak + past, sneak through, slither + Posesivo + way into, seep, creep (up) (in/into), sneak, weasel + Posesivo + way into, sneak into, worm + Posesivo + way through.
    Ex. Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.
    Ex. The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system = Los conjuntos documentales multimedia, las maquetas y los juegos son demasiado grandes para que alguien los pase sin ser visto por el sistema de préstamo.
    Ex. I think I am probably 99.9% effective at catching these spams but this was one of the.1% that snuck through.
    Ex. That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex. The outer edges of the sheet -- the deckle edges -- are rough and uneven where the stuff seeped between the deckle and the mould.
    Ex. Abstracting may not always be accorded a high priority by volunteer abstractors and undesirable delays may creep into the preparation of abstracts.
    Ex. With a no fine policy there'll no longer be a need for patrons to sneak books back on the shelves after they're due and then pretend they were there all the time = Sin una política de sanciones los usuarios ya no tendrán la necesidad de devolver los libros a los estantes sin ser vistos después de haber vencido su préstamo y luego fingir que estaban allí desde hace tiempo.
    Ex. He then rented a hidden camera and weaseled his way into the private ceremony to take a shot of the singer.
    Ex. The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.
    Ex. Corruption wormed its way through their ranks, as it did through the ranks of their kinfolk.
    ----
    * colarse en = slip into.
    * colarse inadvertidamente = slip through.
    * * *
    = creep + past, sneak + past, sneak through, slither + Posesivo + way into, seep, creep (up) (in/into), sneak, weasel + Posesivo + way into, sneak into, worm + Posesivo + way through.

    Ex: Too frequently absurd errors creep past the abstractor who does not know the field.

    Ex: The more expensive media such as kits, models, and games are too large for someone to sneak past a vigilant charge out system = Los conjuntos documentales multimedia, las maquetas y los juegos son demasiado grandes para que alguien los pase sin ser visto por el sistema de préstamo.
    Ex: I think I am probably 99.9% effective at catching these spams but this was one of the.1% that snuck through.
    Ex: That's despite grumpy comments like those of William Hartston who said it was 'surely one of the ugliest words ever to slither its way into our dictionaries'.
    Ex: The outer edges of the sheet -- the deckle edges -- are rough and uneven where the stuff seeped between the deckle and the mould.
    Ex: Abstracting may not always be accorded a high priority by volunteer abstractors and undesirable delays may creep into the preparation of abstracts.
    Ex: With a no fine policy there'll no longer be a need for patrons to sneak books back on the shelves after they're due and then pretend they were there all the time = Sin una política de sanciones los usuarios ya no tendrán la necesidad de devolver los libros a los estantes sin ser vistos después de haber vencido su préstamo y luego fingir que estaban allí desde hace tiempo.
    Ex: He then rented a hidden camera and weaseled his way into the private ceremony to take a shot of the singer.
    Ex: The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.
    Ex: Corruption wormed its way through their ranks, as it did through the ranks of their kinfolk.
    * colarse en = slip into.
    * colarse inadvertidamente = slip through.

    * * *

    ■colarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (entrar sin ser visto) to slip in
    (sin ser invitado) to gatecrash
    (sin pagar) se coló en el autobús, he got onto the bus without paying
    2 (saltarse el turno) to jump the queue, US to cut in the line
    3 fam (meter la pata) to slip up, go too far
    ' colarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    colar
    English:
    cut in
    - gatecrash
    - jump
    - push in
    - queue
    - thread
    - worm
    - crash
    - gate
    - line
    - push
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [líquido, gas]
    colarse por to seep through;
    el aire se cuela por esta rendija air passes through this crack;
    las llaves se colaron por la alcantarilla the keys dropped down the drain;
    el balón se coló por la portería sin que ningún jugador pudiera detenerlo the ball just slipped into the goal and no one could stop it
    2. [en cola] to Br jump the queue o US cut in line;
    ¡eh, no te cueles! Br oi, don't jump the queue!, US hey, don't cut in line!
    3. [en sitio] to slip, to sneak (en into);
    se colaron en el tren they slipped o sneaked onto the train without paying;
    colarse en una fiesta to gatecrash a party;
    nos colamos por la puerta de atrás we sneaked in (by) the back door
    4. Fam [equivocarse] to slip up;
    te has colado, no es mi hermana you've got it wrong, she's not my sister
    5. Fam [enamorarse]
    colarse por alguien to fall for sb
    * * *
    v/r fam
    1 en un lugar get in
    2 en una fiesta gatecrash; en una cola cut in line, Br
    push in
    3
    :
    colarse por alguien fam fall for s.o.
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to sneak in, to cut in line, to gate-crash
    2) : to slip up, to make a mistake
    * * *
    1. (meterse en un lugar) to sneak in
    se coló en el concierto he sneaked into the concert / he got into the concert without paying
    2. (meterse en una cola) to push in
    3. (equivocarse en general) to slip up / to be wrong
    4. (equivocarse hablando) to put your foot in it
    te has colado, no debías decirle eso you've put your foot in it you shouldn't have said that

    Spanish-English dictionary > colarse

  • 4 entrar sin ser visto

    (v.) = sneak into
    Ex. The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.
    * * *
    (v.) = sneak into

    Ex: The police said that he had sneaked into a her house and raped her nearly 200 times over a 13-month period.

    Spanish-English dictionary > entrar sin ser visto

  • 5 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

  • 6 malicioso

    adj.
    1 malicious, wrongful, tortious.
    2 malicious, sly, bitchy, catty.
    3 suspicious.
    4 evil-minded, dirty.
    m.
    maliciously-minded person.
    * * *
    1 (malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    2 (malpensado) suspicious-minded
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (malicioso) malicious person
    2 (malpensado) person with a suspicious mind
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    2) (=pícaro) mischievous
    3) (=astuto) sly, crafty
    4) (=malo) wicked, evil
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    b) ( pícaro) mischievous
    * * *
    = malicious, vicious, spiteful, devious, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.], ill-natured, dastardly.
    Ex. Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex. For in the eyes of many, even the most desultory reading of fiction was preferable to the ' vicious' entertainments designed to satisfy the 'lower impulses in human nature'.
    Ex. Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex. She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex. Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    ----
    * intención maliciosa = malicious intent.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) ( malintencionado) malicious, spiteful
    b) ( pícaro) mischievous
    * * *
    = malicious, vicious, spiteful, devious, bitchy [bitchier -comp., bitchiest -sup.], ill-natured, dastardly.

    Ex: Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.

    Ex: For in the eyes of many, even the most desultory reading of fiction was preferable to the ' vicious' entertainments designed to satisfy the 'lower impulses in human nature'.
    Ex: Selection of books for review sometimes causes controversy as to why some are reviewed and others not and the reviews themselves can create minor storms in the book world if it is felt they are prejudiced or spiteful.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.
    Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex: Always snivelling, coughing, spitting; a stupid, tedious, ill-natured fellow, who was for ever fatiguing people.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * intención maliciosa = malicious intent.

    * * *
    1 (malintencionado) ‹persona/comentario› malicious, spiteful
    2 (pícaro) ‹comentario/mirada/sonrisa› mischievous
    * * *

    malicioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo



    malicioso,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 (pícaro) mischievous
    2 (malintencionado) malicious
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino malicious person
    ' malicioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    maliciosa
    - puñetera
    - puñetero
    - pícaro
    English:
    bitchy
    - catty
    - ill-natured
    - mischievous
    - spiteful
    - cunning
    - malicious
    - sly
    - vicious
    * * *
    malicioso, -a adj
    1. [malintencionado] malicious
    2. [astuto, agudo] cunning, crafty
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( malintencionado) malicious
    2 ( astuto) cunning, sly
    * * *
    malicioso, -sa adj
    1) : malicious
    2) pícaro: mischievous
    * * *
    malicioso adj spiteful

    Spanish-English dictionary > malicioso

  • 7 malévolo

    adj.
    malevolent, malignant, evil, black.
    * * *
    1 malevolent
    * * *
    - la adjetivo malevolent, malicious
    * * *
    = malevolent, malicious, ill-willed, waspish, dastardly.
    Ex. There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.
    Ex. Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex. We wish to mention that there can never be such matters as ethnic cleansing, license to rape, or other ill-willed behavior on the government's part.
    Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * * *
    - la adjetivo malevolent, malicious
    * * *
    = malevolent, malicious, ill-willed, waspish, dastardly.

    Ex: There was nothing malevolent in her response or in her look; she simply stated it as if it was the most natural thing in the world, not in the least abnormal.

    Ex: Perhaps the major problem will be the malicious attempt to cause confusion.
    Ex: We wish to mention that there can never be such matters as ethnic cleansing, license to rape, or other ill-willed behavior on the government's part.
    Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

    * * *
    malevolent, malicious
    * * *

    malévolo
    ◊ -la adjetivo

    malevolent, malicious
    malévolo,-a adjetivo malevolent

    ' malévolo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malévola
    English:
    diabolic
    - diabolical
    - malevolent
    - malicious
    - maliciously
    * * *
    malévolo, -a adj
    malevolent, wicked
    * * *
    adj malevolent
    * * *
    malévolo, -la adj
    : malevolent, wicked

    Spanish-English dictionary > malévolo

  • 8 miserable

    adj.
    1 poor (pobre).
    2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).
    3 contemptible, base (vil).
    4 mean (tacaño).
    5 miserly, mean, stingy.
    6 meager, scant.
    f. & m.
    1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).
    2 mean person, miser (tacaño).
    * * *
    1 (desdichado) miserable
    2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean
    3 (malvado) wretched
    1 (malvado) wretch
    2 (tacaño) miser
    * * *
    adj.
    1) miserable, wretched
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    2. SMF
    1) (=desgraciado) wretch
    2) (=canalla) swine, wretch

    ¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    ----
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.

    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.

    Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

    * * *
    1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable
    2 (avaro) mean, stingy ( colloq)
    3 (malvado) malicious, nasty
    wretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)
    * * *

    miserable adjetivo

    ‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wretch, scoundrel
    miserable
    I adjetivo
    1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
    2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
    un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
    3 (avariento) mean
    II mf
    1 (mezquino) miser
    2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
    ' miserable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astrosa
    - astroso
    - escoria
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mísera
    - miseria
    - mísero
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - chancho
    - triste
    English:
    abject
    - miser
    - miserable
    - niggardly
    - skimpy
    - squalid
    - stingy
    - bleak
    - sorry
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [pobre] poor;
    [vivienda] wretched, squalid
    2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable
    3. [vil] contemptible, base
    4. [tacaño] mean
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person
    2. [tacaño] mean person, miser
    * * *
    I adj wretched
    II m/f
    1 ( tacaño) skinflint
    2 ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched
    2) : paltry, meager
    3) mezquino: stingy, miserly
    4) : despicable, vile

    Spanish-English dictionary > miserable

  • 9 nefasto

    adj.
    unlucky, ill-fated, unfortunate, fateful.
    * * *
    1 (desgraciado) unlucky, ill-fated, bad
    2 (perjudicial) harmful, fatal
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=funesto) [viaje] ill-fated; [año] unlucky; [resultado] unfortunate; [influencia] pernicious; [corrupción] harmful, damaging; [alcohol, ácido] harmful
    2) LAm (=atroz) dreadful, terrible
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.
    Ex. Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.
    Ex. The Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    Ex. There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    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.
    ----
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo < consecuencias> disastrous; < influencia> harmful; <tiempo/fiesta> (fam) awful (colloq)
    * * *
    = dire, nefarious, heinous, dastardly, loathsome.

    Ex: Throughout the process of development, debate and enactment of the Digital Millennium Act in the USA, many dire forebodings were envisaged for the library profession.

    Ex: The Internet is in the midst of a new wave of global resistance to its nefarious effects.
    Ex: There are several different ways to make a stink bomb, all of which involving the use of chemicals which react in a way to create a particularly heinous odor.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    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.
    * consecuencia nefasta = disastrous effect.
    * efecto nefasto = deleterious effect.

    * * *
    nefasto -ta
    1 ‹consecuencias› disastrous
    una influencia nefasta a harmful influence
    un día nefasto para nuestro país a sad day for our country
    2 ( fam); ‹tiempo/fiesta› awful ( colloq), terrible ( colloq)
    * * *

    nefasto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹ consecuencias› disastrous;


    ‹ influencia› harmful;
    ‹tiempo/fiesta› (fam) awful (colloq)
    nefasto,-a adj (funesto) unlucky, ill-fated: su intervención fue nefasta, her intervention did a lot of harm
    ' nefasto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    nefasta
    English:
    evil
    - fatal
    - painful
    - dire
    - grim
    * * *
    nefasto, -a adj
    [funesto] ill-fated; [dañino] bad, harmful; [pésimo] terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj harmful
    * * *
    nefasto, -ta adj
    1) : ill-fated, unlucky
    2) : disastrous, terrible

    Spanish-English dictionary > nefasto

  • 10 novato

    adj.
    1 newcomer, amateurish, freshman, abecedarian.
    2 amateurish.
    m.
    1 novice, babe in the woods, fledgling, first-timer.
    2 raw recruit.
    * * *
    1 (persona) inexperienced, green
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (principiante) novice, beginner
    2 (universidad) fresher (US freshman)
    * * *
    (f. - novata)
    noun
    * * *
    novato, -a
    1.
    ADJ raw, green
    2.
    SM / F beginner, tyro
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo inexperienced, new
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino novice, beginner
    * * *
    = idiot, novice, first-timer, green hand, rookie, greenhorn.
    Ex. Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.
    Ex. 'Not one of us on the board has had to interview anyone for a library position,' he said, 'so we're novices at this!'.
    Ex. The article has the title 'Penmanship: impressions of a first-timer'.
    Ex. I'm a green hand on the library/information field and I would like to know what's the meaning of information nowadays.
    Ex. The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    Ex. Dismounting a horse like a greenhorn can be embarrassing, and more important, dangerous.
    ----
    * novato de Internet = newbie.
    * novatos, los = uninitiated, the.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo inexperienced, new
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino novice, beginner
    * * *
    = idiot, novice, first-timer, green hand, rookie, greenhorn.

    Ex: Dykstra, M., 'PRECIS: a primer', published in 1985, offers the long-awaited ' idiot's guide' to PRECIS indexing.

    Ex: 'Not one of us on the board has had to interview anyone for a library position,' he said, 'so we're novices at this!'.
    Ex: The article has the title 'Penmanship: impressions of a first-timer'.
    Ex: I'm a green hand on the library/information field and I would like to know what's the meaning of information nowadays.
    Ex: The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    Ex: Dismounting a horse like a greenhorn can be embarrassing, and more important, dangerous.
    * novato de Internet = newbie.
    * novatos, los = uninitiated, the.

    * * *
    novato1 -ta
    inexperienced, new
    novato2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    novice, beginner, rookie ( AmE colloq)
    yo también soy novato en estas lides ( hum); I'm new to this game too ( colloq)
    * * *

    novato
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    inexperienced, new
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    novice, beginner
    novato,-a
    I adjetivo inexperienced
    familiar green
    II m,f (principiante) novice, beginner

    ' novato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    novata
    - nueva
    - nuevo
    - notar
    English:
    absolute
    - freshman
    - green
    - greenhorn
    - novice
    - rookie
    - inexperienced
    - raw
    * * *
    novato, -a
    ♦ adj
    inexperienced
    ♦ nm,f
    novice, beginner
    * * *
    I adj inexperienced
    II m, novata f beginner, rookie fam
    * * *
    novato, -ta adj
    : inexperienced, new
    novato, -ta n
    : beginner, novice
    * * *
    novato n beginner

    Spanish-English dictionary > novato

  • 11 principiante

    adj.
    1 beginning.
    2 lead-off.
    f. & m.
    beginner, fledgling, first-timer, starter.
    * * *
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 beginner
    * * *
    noun mf.
    beginner, novice
    * * *
    principiante, -a
    1.
    ADJ [actor, fotógrafo, jugador] inexperienced
    2.
    SM / F (=novato) beginner, novice; (=aprendiz) learner
    * * *
    I

    es un conductor principiante — he's a learner driver, he's learning to drive

    II
    masculino y femenino beginner
    * * *
    = beginner, entrant, novice, emergent, tyro, cadet, rookie, greenhorn.
    Ex. It is useful for a beginner in a library or a beginner in a particular field, a scholar who comes from one field to another or a user who wants to find the latest information.
    Ex. In general it is felt that it would be more useful for entrants to the library profession to have a wider academic background.
    Ex. 'Not one of us on the board has had to interview anyone for a library position,' he said, 'so we're novices at this!'.
    Ex. Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.
    Ex. It is useful if OPAC's menus cater for both the tyro and the experienced user.
    Ex. This listing of historically important manuscripts and documents was prepared for the use of cadets, faculty, and outside scholars.
    Ex. The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    Ex. Dismounting a horse like a greenhorn can be embarrassing, and more important, dangerous.
    ----
    * actriz principiante = starlet.
    * guía para principiantes = beginners' guide.
    * principiante de Internet = newbie.
    * principiantes, los = uninitiated, the.
    * suerte del principiante, la = beginner's luck.
    * * *
    I

    es un conductor principiante — he's a learner driver, he's learning to drive

    II
    masculino y femenino beginner
    * * *
    = beginner, entrant, novice, emergent, tyro, cadet, rookie, greenhorn.

    Ex: It is useful for a beginner in a library or a beginner in a particular field, a scholar who comes from one field to another or a user who wants to find the latest information.

    Ex: In general it is felt that it would be more useful for entrants to the library profession to have a wider academic background.
    Ex: 'Not one of us on the board has had to interview anyone for a library position,' he said, 'so we're novices at this!'.
    Ex: Books for emergent readers should facilitate the acquisition of these concepts.
    Ex: It is useful if OPAC's menus cater for both the tyro and the experienced user.
    Ex: This listing of historically important manuscripts and documents was prepared for the use of cadets, faculty, and outside scholars.
    Ex: The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    Ex: Dismounting a horse like a greenhorn can be embarrassing, and more important, dangerous.
    * actriz principiante = starlet.
    * guía para principiantes = beginners' guide.
    * principiante de Internet = newbie.
    * principiantes, los = uninitiated, the.
    * suerte del principiante, la = beginner's luck.

    * * *
    es un conductor principiante he's a learner driver, he's learning to drive
    beginner
    se matriculó en un curso para principiantes she enrolled in a beginners' course
    a veces comete errores de principiante sometimes he makes really basic mistakes
    * * *

    principiante sustantivo masculino y femenino
    beginner;

    principiante mf beginner

    ' principiante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    incurrir
    - novata
    - novatada
    - novato
    - señor
    English:
    beginner
    - novice
    - rank
    * * *
    principiante, -a
    ♦ adj
    inexperienced;
    se pone nervioso con los conductores principiantes he gets nervous with inexperienced drivers;
    para ser principiante, no lo hace mal he's not bad for a beginner
    ♦ nm,f
    beginner;
    ha cometido un error de principiante he's made a really basic mistake
    * * *
    I adj inexperienced
    II m/f beginner
    * * *
    : beginning
    : beginner, novice
    * * *
    principiante n beginner

    Spanish-English dictionary > principiante

  • 12 recluta

    f. & m.
    1 conscript (obligatorio).
    2 recruit, draftee, conscript.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: reclutar.
    * * *
    1 (voluntario) recruit
    2 (obligado) conscript
    1 (reclutamiento) recruitment, conscription
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (=persona) recruit
    2.
    SF (=reclutamiento) recruitment
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Mil) recruit; ( en servicio militar) conscript, recruit
    * * *
    = conscript, rookie.
    Ex. The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.
    Ex. The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (Mil) recruit; ( en servicio militar) conscript, recruit
    * * *
    = conscript, rookie.

    Ex: The story relates the experiences of a young conscript whose desire for an amorous adventure with one of his many female penfriends results in a loveless and unhappy marriage.

    Ex: The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.

    * * *
    ( Mil) recruit; (en el servicio militar) conscript, recruit
    * * *

    Del verbo reclutar: ( conjugate reclutar)

    recluta es:

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

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    recluta    
    reclutar
    recluta sustantivo masculino y femenino (Mil) recruit;
    ( en servicio militar) conscript, recruit
    reclutar ( conjugate reclutar) verbo transitivo
    to recruit
    recluta mf
    1 (voluntario) recruit
    2 (forzoso) conscript
    ' recluta' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    quinta
    - quinto
    English:
    conscript
    - recruit
    - rookie
    - trainee
    * * *
    recluta nmf
    [soldado] [obligatorio] conscript, US draftee; [voluntario] recruit
    * * *
    m/f recruit
    * * *
    recluta nmf
    : recruit, draftee
    * * *
    recluta n recruit

    Spanish-English dictionary > recluta

  • 13 romper una relación

    (v.) = break off + relationship, sever + connection
    Ex. The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.
    Ex. Changes in library and information science education are severing the historical connection with library work and its female workforce.
    * * *
    (v.) = break off + relationship, sever + connection

    Ex: The second case involved a complaint by a woman claiming that she had been raped by Boston Celtics rookie, Marcus Smith, just after he broke off their three month relationship.

    Ex: Changes in library and information science education are severing the historical connection with library work and its female workforce.

    Spanish-English dictionary > romper una relación

  • 14 ruin

    adj.
    1 low, contemptible (vil).
    2 mean (avaro).
    3 vile, base, perverse, wicked.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo (vil) mean, base, despicable, vile
    2 (pequeño) petty, insignificant
    3 (tacaño) stingy, mean
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=vil) [persona] contemptible, mean
    2) [trato] (=injusto) mean, shabby; (=cruel) heartless, callous
    3) (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    4) (=pequeño) small, weak
    5) [animal] vicious
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

    * * *
    1 (mezquino, vil) ‹persona› despicable, contemptible; ‹acción› despicable, contemptible, base ( liter)
    sus ruines intenciones his despicable o base intentions
    2 (avaro) miserly, mean ( BrE)
    3 ‹animal› bad-tempered, mean ( colloq)
    * * *

    ruin adjetivo (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible;
    ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    ruin adjetivo
    1 (despreciable, vil) mean, despicable, stingy
    2 (avariento, tacaño) stingy, miserly: era ruin con su familia y generoso consigo mismo, he was stingy to his family but generous to himself
    ' ruin' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abismo
    - abocada
    - abocado
    - arruinar
    - baja
    - bajo
    - cagar
    - cargarse
    - castigar
    - chafar
    - dar
    - desbaratar
    - deshacer
    - destrozar
    - dinamitar
    - ser
    - estropear
    - extemporánea
    - extemporáneo
    - fastidiar
    - jorobar
    - miserable
    - pasar
    - perder
    - perderse
    - polvo
    - ruina
    - salar
    - significar
    - tierra
    - acabar
    - chancho
    - consumir
    - destruir
    - echar
    - embromar
    - fregar
    - malograr
    - perdición
    - villano
    English:
    rack
    - ruin
    - ancient
    - break
    - destroy
    - doom
    - murder
    - wreck
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1. [vil] contemptible
    2. [avaro] mean
    3. Cuba [en celo] Br on heat, US in heat
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( despreciable) despicable, mean
    2 ( tacaño) mean, miserly
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1) : base, despicable
    2) : mean, stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > ruin

  • 15 taxista

    adj.
    taxi.
    f. & m.
    taxi driver.
    * * *
    1 taxi driver
    * * *
    SMF taxi driver, cabby *, cab driver (EEUU)
    * * *
    masculino y femenino taxi driver, cabdriver
    * * *
    = cab driver, gruelling [grueling, -USA], livery driver, cabbie [cabby].
    Ex. Like many whose vocation is to serve their fellow-man, from New York cab drivers to Parisian cafe waiters, they do not always feel like smiling.
    Ex. He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. He heard her cheerful 'Good-night, cabbie,' as she ran up the steps and opened the door with a latchkey.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino taxi driver, cabdriver
    * * *
    = cab driver, gruelling [grueling, -USA], livery driver, cabbie [cabby].

    Ex: Like many whose vocation is to serve their fellow-man, from New York cab drivers to Parisian cafe waiters, they do not always feel like smiling.

    Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: He heard her cheerful 'Good-night, cabbie,' as she ran up the steps and opened the door with a latchkey.

    * * *
    taxi driver, cabdriver
    * * *

    taxista sustantivo masculino y femenino
    taxi driver, cabdriver
    taxista mf taxi driver, familiar cab driver
    ' taxista' also found in these entries:
    English:
    taxi driver
    - cab
    - hack
    - moonlight
    - taxi
    * * *
    taxista nmf
    taxi driver
    * * *
    m/f cab o
    taxi driver
    * * *
    taxista nmf
    : taxi driver
    * * *
    taxista n taxi driver

    Spanish-English dictionary > taxista

  • 16 vil

    adj.
    1 vile, despicable.
    2 base, wicked, dastardly, despicable.
    3 low.
    * * *
    1 vile, base, despicable
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] low, villainous; [acto] vile, rotten; [conducta] despicable, mean; [trato] unjust, shabby
    * * *
    adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
    * * *
    = despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.
    Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    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. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex. Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.
    * * *
    adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable
    * * *
    = despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.

    Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.

    Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.
    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: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.
    Ex: Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.

    * * *
    ( liter); ‹acto› vile, despicable, base; ‹persona› vile, despicable
    un hombre vil y despreciable a vile, despicable man ( liter)
    aquel vil asesinato that vile murder ( frml)
    * * *

    vil adjetivo (liter) ‹acto/persona› vile, despicable
    vil adjetivo despicable, vile
    ' vil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajo
    - calumnia
    - metal
    - ruin
    - vileza
    - villana
    - villano
    - desgraciado
    - mezquindad
    - mezquino
    English:
    base
    - foul
    - miserable
    - nefarious
    - out-and-out
    - scummy
    - squalid
    - vile
    - cheap
    - despicable
    * * *
    vil adj
    vile, despicable;
    Hum
    el vil metal filthy lucre
    * * *
    adj vile, despicable
    * * *
    vil adj
    : vile, dispicable

    Spanish-English dictionary > vil

  • 17 ultrajar

    v.
    1 to insult, to offend.
    2 to abuse, to insult, to offend, to disgrace.
    Ese hombre ultrajó a tu hija That man abused your daughter.
    3 to rape.
    El criminal ultrajó a María The criminal raped Mary.
    * * *
    1 to outrage, insult, offend
    * * *
    verb
    to outrage, insult
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=ofender) to offend; (=injuriar) to insult, abuse
    2) liter (=estropear) to spoil, crumple, disarrange
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) < persona> to outrage, offend... deeply; < bandera> to insult; < honor> to offend against
    * * *
    = outrage, pillage, abuse.
    Ex. And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.
    Ex. And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.
    Ex. It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by the improper use of the word 'intelligent'.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo (frml) < persona> to outrage, offend... deeply; < bandera> to insult; < honor> to offend against
    * * *
    = outrage, pillage, abuse.

    Ex: And yet the thought of what he was being asked to do to salvage the jeopardized budget outraged his every fiber.

    Ex: And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.
    Ex: It is important that those engaged in IR should not be abused by the improper use of the word 'intelligent'.

    * * *
    ultrajar [A1 ]
    vt
    ( frml); ‹persona› to outrage, offend … deeply; ‹bandera› to insult; ‹honor› to offend against
    * * *

    ultrajar ( conjugate ultrajar) verbo transitivo (frml) ‹ persona› to outrage, offend … deeply;
    ‹ bandera› to insult;
    ‹ honor› to offend against
    ultrajar verbo transitivo to outrage
    * * *
    to insult, to offend
    * * *
    v/t fml
    outrage; ( insultar) insult
    * * *
    insultar: to offend, to outrage, to insult

    Spanish-English dictionary > ultrajar

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