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rational thought

  • 1 racional

    adj.
    rational.
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    1 rational
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Mat, Fil) rational
    2) (=razonable) reasonable, sensible
    * * *
    adjetivo rational
    * * *
    = rational, noetic, sane.
    Ex. AACR represented a significant element in the progress towards rational and standard cataloguing practices.
    Ex. Information is noetic form and form precisely as form cannot be the proper object of a science.
    Ex. Democracy to be sane must be desired by a people qualified by their own understanding to judge it and shape its course.
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    * acto racional = rational act.
    * de un modo racional = rationally.
    * pensamiento racional = rational thought.
    * * *
    adjetivo rational
    * * *
    = rational, noetic, sane.

    Ex: AACR represented a significant element in the progress towards rational and standard cataloguing practices.

    Ex: Information is noetic form and form precisely as form cannot be the proper object of a science.
    Ex: Democracy to be sane must be desired by a people qualified by their own understanding to judge it and shape its course.
    * acto racional = rational act.
    * de un modo racional = rationally.
    * pensamiento racional = rational thought.

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    A
    el hombre es un animal racional man is a rational o thinking animal
    2 (lógico, razonable) rational
    B ( Mat) rational
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    racional adjetivo
    rational
    racional adjetivo rational
    ' racional' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rational
    - thinking
    * * *
    1. [dotado de razón] rational
    2. [lógico] rational
    3. Mat rational
    * * *
    adj rational
    * * *
    : rational, reasonable

    Spanish-English dictionary > racional

  • 2 pensamiento

    m.
    1 thought.
    leer el pensamiento a alguien to read somebody's mind o thoughts
    2 pansy (botany).
    3 thinking, ability to think.
    * * *
    1 (idea) thought
    2 (mente) mind
    3 BOTÁNICA pansy
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    noun m.
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    SM
    1) (=facultad) thought
    2) (=mente) mind

    acudir o venir al pensamiento de algn — to come to sb's mind

    no le pasó por el pensamiento — it never occurred to him, it never entered his mind

    3) (=cosa pensada) thought

    adivinar los pensamientos de algn — to read sb's thoughts, guess what sb is thinking

    pensamiento único — (Pol) single system of values

    4) (=propósito) idea, intention

    mi pensamiento es hacer algo — my idea o intention is to do sth

    5) (Bot) pansy
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    1)
    a) ( facultad) thought
    b) ( cosa pensada) thought
    c) ( doctrina) thinking
    d) ( máxima) thought
    2) (Bot) pansy
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    = mind, thinking, thought, rationality, strands of thought.
    Ex. Titles present filing problems (particularly in the minds of users).
    Ex. Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.
    Ex. Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.
    Ex. A model of how librarians may actually go about book selection is presented in three ways: rationality; tacit knowledge; and symbolic content.
    Ex. By looking at the work of some cyberfeminists, the author attempts to give a clearer picture of key debates and strands of thought in cyberfeminism.
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    * adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * corriente de pensamiento = trend of thought, stream of consciousness.
    * de pensamiento liberal = liberal-minded.
    * escuela de pensamiento = school of thought.
    * expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.
    * leer el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * libertad de pensamiento = freedom of thought, freedom to think, free thought.
    * líder del pensamiento = leader of thought.
    * línea de pensamiento = line of thought.
    * método de pensamiento en voz alta = thinking aloud method.
    * pensamiento abstracto = abstract thought.
    * pensamiento analítico = analytic thinking.
    * pensamiento científico = scientific thought.
    * pensamiento creativo = creative thinking.
    * pensamiento crítico = critical thinking.
    * pensamiento deductivo = deductive thought.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * pensamiento de orden superior = higher-order thinking.
    * pensamiento errante = meandering thought.
    * pensamiento errático = meandering thought.
    * pensamiento grupal = groupthink.
    * pensamiento humano = human thought.
    * pensamiento intelectual = intellectual thought.
    * pensamiento lateral = lateral thinking.
    * pensamiento liberal = liberal thought.
    * pensamiento libre = free thought.
    * pensamiento matemático = mathematical thinking.
    * pensamiento original = creative thinking.
    * pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.
    * pensamiento racional = rational thought.
    * serie de pensamientos encadenados = chain of thoughts.
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    1)
    a) ( facultad) thought
    b) ( cosa pensada) thought
    c) ( doctrina) thinking
    d) ( máxima) thought
    2) (Bot) pansy
    * * *
    = mind, thinking, thought, rationality, strands of thought.

    Ex: Titles present filing problems (particularly in the minds of users).

    Ex: Let us attempt to examine first the thinking and philosophy behind the arrangement of libraries designed in this period.
    Ex: Amongst these are numbered: some specific legal and governmental works, such as laws, decrees, treaties; works that record the collective thought of a body, for example, reports of commissions and committees; and various cartographic materials.
    Ex: A model of how librarians may actually go about book selection is presented in three ways: rationality; tacit knowledge; and symbolic content.
    Ex: By looking at the work of some cyberfeminists, the author attempts to give a clearer picture of key debates and strands of thought in cyberfeminism.
    * adivinar el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * corriente de pensamiento = trend of thought, stream of consciousness.
    * de pensamiento liberal = liberal-minded.
    * escuela de pensamiento = school of thought.
    * expresar + Posesivo + pensamientos = find + Posesivo + (own) voice, find + voice, find + a voice.
    * leer el pensamiento = read + Posesivo + mind, read + Posesivo + thoughts.
    * libertad de pensamiento = freedom of thought, freedom to think, free thought.
    * líder del pensamiento = leader of thought.
    * línea de pensamiento = line of thought.
    * método de pensamiento en voz alta = thinking aloud method.
    * pensamiento abstracto = abstract thought.
    * pensamiento analítico = analytic thinking.
    * pensamiento científico = scientific thought.
    * pensamiento creativo = creative thinking.
    * pensamiento crítico = critical thinking.
    * pensamiento deductivo = deductive thought.
    * pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.
    * pensamiento de orden superior = higher-order thinking.
    * pensamiento errante = meandering thought.
    * pensamiento errático = meandering thought.
    * pensamiento grupal = groupthink.
    * pensamiento humano = human thought.
    * pensamiento intelectual = intellectual thought.
    * pensamiento lateral = lateral thinking.
    * pensamiento liberal = liberal thought.
    * pensamiento libre = free thought.
    * pensamiento matemático = mathematical thinking.
    * pensamiento original = creative thinking.
    * pensamiento que ronda la cabeza de uno = thought + run through + Posesivo + head.
    * pensamiento racional = rational thought.
    * serie de pensamientos encadenados = chain of thoughts.

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    A
    1 (facultad) thought
    2 (cosa pensada) thought
    siempre me adivina el pensamiento she always knows what I'm thinking, she can always read my mind o my thoughts
    3 (doctrina) thinking
    el pensamiento político de la época the political thinking of the time
    4 (máxima, sentencia) thought
    estas citas son pensamientos de autores célebres these quotes are the thoughts of famous writers
    Compuesto:
    lateral thinking
    B ( Bot) pansy
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    pensamiento sustantivo masculino
    1




    2 (Bot) pansy
    pensamiento sustantivo masculino
    1 (una idea) thought
    2 (un conjunto de ideas) thinking
    3 Bot pansy
    ♦ Locuciones: leer el pensamiento, to read sb's mind
    pasársele a uno por el pensamiento, to come to one's mind
    ' pensamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    adivinar
    - antípodas
    - asaltar
    - desterrar
    - espina
    - hilo
    - manifestar
    - vacía
    - vacío
    - abstraerse
    - agilizar
    - ánimo
    - leer
    - profundo
    - rondar
    - transmisión
    English:
    avert
    - deep
    - destructive
    - impure
    - impurity
    - pansy
    - private
    - reflection
    - run
    - thinking
    - thought
    - train
    - unvoiced
    - mind
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    1. [facultad] thought;
    [mente] mind;
    sumido en sus pensamientos deep in thought;
    no me pasó por el pensamiento it never crossed my mind;
    leer el pensamiento a alguien to read sb's mind o thoughts
    pensamiento lateral lateral thinking
    2. [idea] idea, thought;
    el pensamiento socialdemócrata social democratic thought o thinking
    Pol el pensamiento único:
    según el pensamiento único… according to the current free-market liberal-democratic consensus…
    3. [sentencia] maxim, saying
    4. [flor] pansy
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    m
    1 ( reflexión) thought
    2 BOT pansy
    * * *
    1) : thought
    2) : thinking
    3) : pansy
    * * *
    pensamiento n thought

    Spanish-English dictionary > pensamiento

  • 3 pensamiento racional

    Ex. Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
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    Ex: Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pensamiento racional

  • 4 chillar

    v.
    1 to scream, to yell (gritar) (person).
    2 to screech.
    3 to yell at (informal) (reñir).
    4 to shriek, to screech, to howl, to scream.
    5 to bawl out.
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    1 (persona) to scream, shriek, shout
    ■ ¡no chilles! stop shouting!
    ■ chilla más que no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you
    2 (cerdo) to squeal; (ratón) to squeak; (pájaro) to squawk, screech
    3 (radio) to blare; (frenos) to screech, squeal; (puerta, ventana) to creak, squeak
    4 (colores) to be loud, be gaudy, clash
    5 familiar (reñir) to tell off
    6 figurado (protestar) to protest, complain
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    verb
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    1. VI
    1) (=gritar) [persona] to shriek, scream; [gato, animal salvaje] to screech, yowl; [ratón] to squeak; [cerdo] to squeal; [ave] to screech, squawk; [radio] to blare
    2) (Mec) [frenos] to screech, squeal
    3) [colores] to scream, jar, be loud
    4) LAm (=llorar) to bawl
    2.
    See:
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    verbo intransitivo
    1) pájaro to screech; cerdo to squeal; ratón to squeak
    2)
    a) persona to shout, yell (colloq); (de dolor, miedo) to scream

    chillarle a alguien — to yell o shout at somebody

    b) bebé/niño ( llorar) to scream
    3) (Col) colores to clash
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    = screech, scream, shrill, howl, yelp, shriek, squeal, holler.
    Ex. They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
    Ex. What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.
    Ex. And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.
    Ex. If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.
    Ex. He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
    Ex. When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.
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    * chillar a gripo pelado = scream + Posesivo + head off.
    * chillar a grito pelado = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un cerdo = squeal like + a pig.
    * chillar como un condenado = scream like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
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    verbo intransitivo
    1) pájaro to screech; cerdo to squeal; ratón to squeak
    2)
    a) persona to shout, yell (colloq); (de dolor, miedo) to scream

    chillarle a alguien — to yell o shout at somebody

    b) bebé/niño ( llorar) to scream
    3) (Col) colores to clash
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    = screech, scream, shrill, howl, yelp, shriek, squeal, holler.

    Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.

    Ex: What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.
    Ex: And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.
    Ex: If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.
    Ex: He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
    Ex: When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.
    * chillar a gripo pelado = scream + Posesivo + head off.
    * chillar a grito pelado = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un cerdo = squeal like + a pig.
    * chillar como un condenado = scream like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

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    chillar [A1 ]
    vi
    A «pájaro» to screech; «cerdo» to squeal; «ratón» to squeak
    B
    1 (gritar) to shout, yell ( colloq); (de dolor) to scream; (de miedo) to scream, shriek
    chillaban como locos they were shouting their heads off, they were shouting like crazy o ( BrE) mad
    chillarle A algn to yell o shout AT sb
    no hace falta que me chilles, no estoy sorda there's no need to shout o yell, I'm not deaf
    si llega tarde le chillarán ( fam); if he's late he'll get a real earful o he'll get bawled out o he'll get yelled at ( colloq)
    2 «oídos» to ring
    3 «bebé/niño» (llorar) to scream
    C ( Col) «colores» to clash
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    chillar ( conjugate chillar) verbo intransitivo

    [ cerdo] to squeal;
    [ ratón] to squeak
    b) [ persona] to shout, yell (colloq);

    (de dolor, miedo) to scream;
    chillarle a algn to yell o shout at sb
    c) [bebé/niño] ( llorar) to scream

    chillar verbo intransitivo
    1 (emitir un chillido) to scream, shriek
    2 (levantar la voz) to shout
    3 (un ave) to screech
    (un cerdo) to squeal
    ' chillar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bawl
    - call
    - jar
    - scream
    - screech
    - shriek
    - squall
    - squeak
    - squeal
    - cry
    - squawk
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    ♦ vi
    1. [gritar] [personas] to scream, to yell;
    [aves, monos] to screech; [cerdo] to squeal; [ratón] to squeak
    2. [hablar alto] to shout;
    chilla más, que aquí atrás no se te oye speak up, we can't hear you at the back;
    ¡no chilles, que no somos sordos! don't shout, we're not deaf!
    3. [chirriar] to screech;
    [puerta, madera] to creak; [bisagras] to squeak
    ♦ vt
    Fam [reñir] to yell o shout at;
    siempre le chilla al niño she's always yelling o shouting at the child;
    a mí no me chilla nadie no one shouts at me
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    v/i scream, shriek; de cerdo squeal
    * * *
    1) : to squeal, to screech
    2) : to scream, to yell
    3) : to be gaudy, to clash
    * * *
    1. (gritar) to shout
    2. (hablar más fuerte) to speak up [pt. spoke; pp. spoken]
    3. (berrear) to scream
    4. (loro, frenos) to screech
    5. (cerdo) to squeal
    6. (ratón) to squeak

    Spanish-English dictionary > chillar

  • 5 chirriar

    v.
    1 to screech.
    2 to squeak, to scrape, to creak, to screech.
    La puerta chirría al abrirse solamente The door squeaks only when it opens
    3 to chirp.
    El avecilla chirriaba alegre The little bird chirped happily.
    4 to make screechy sounds.
    Me chirrían los zapatos My shoes make screechy sounds.
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    Conjugation model [ DESVIAR], like link=desviar desviar
    2 (rueda, frenos) to screech, squeal; (puerta) to creak
    3 (aves) to squawk
    4 figurado (persona) to sing out of tune
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    verb
    to creak, squeak
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    VI
    1) (Zool) [grillo] to chirp, sing; [ave] to screech, squawk
    2) [bisagra, puerta] to creak, squeak
    3) [frenos] to screech, squeal
    4) And (=tiritar) [de frío] to shiver
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    verbo intransitivo puerta/gozne to squeak, creak; frenos/neumáticos to screech
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    = screech, squeal.
    Ex. They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
    Ex. Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo puerta/gozne to squeak, creak; frenos/neumáticos to screech
    * * *
    = screech, squeal.

    Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.

    Ex: Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.

    * * *
    vi
    «puerta/gozne» to squeak, creak; «frenos/neumáticos» to screech
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    chirriar ( conjugate chirriar) verbo intransitivo [puerta/gozne] to squeak, creak;
    [frenos/neumáticos] to screech
    chirriar vi (una bisagra, etc) to creak
    (los frenos del coche) to screech, squeal
    ' chirriar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    creak
    - grind
    - scrape
    - screech
    - squeak
    - grate
    - squeal
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    [sonar] to screech; [puerta, madera] to creak; [bisagra, muelles] to squeak
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    v/i squeak
    * * *
    chirriar {85} vi
    1) : to squeak, to creak
    2) : to screech
    ♦ chirriante adj
    * * *
    1. (rueda) to squeak
    2. (frenos) to screech
    3. (puerta) to creak

    Spanish-English dictionary > chirriar

  • 6 clase política

    Ex. Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
    * * *

    Ex: Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.

    Spanish-English dictionary > clase política

  • 7 ladrar

    v.
    Los perros laten en la madrugada The dogs bark at dawn.
    2 to bark at.
    Me ladran los perros Dogs bark at me.
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    1 to bark
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    verb
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    VI [perro] to bark; [persona] to yell; [tripas] to rumble
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) perro to bark
    b) (fam) persona to yell (colloq), to bark (colloq)

    ladrar de hambre — (AmS fam) to be starving (colloq)

    * * *
    = bark, yelp, yap.
    Ex. A librarian should suspect that behind an enquiry such as `Where would I find the law about animals?' may lie an everyday irritation such as a neighbour's dog barking in the middle of the night.
    Ex. If you own a dog, you must not allow it to continually or frequently bark, howl, or yelp, disturbing the peace of others.
    Ex. Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
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    * ladrarle a la luna = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.
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    verbo intransitivo
    a) perro to bark
    b) (fam) persona to yell (colloq), to bark (colloq)

    ladrar de hambre — (AmS fam) to be starving (colloq)

    * * *
    = bark, yelp, yap.

    Ex: A librarian should suspect that behind an enquiry such as `Where would I find the law about animals?' may lie an everyday irritation such as a neighbour's dog barking in the middle of the night.

    Ex: If you own a dog, you must not allow it to continually or frequently bark, howl, or yelp, disturbing the peace of others.
    Ex: Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
    * ladrarle a la luna = bay at + the moon, bark at + the moon.

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    ladrar [A1 ]
    vi
    1 «perro» to bark
    2 ( fam); «persona» to yell ( colloq), to bark ( colloq)
    estar ladrando ( Ven arg); to be broke ( colloq)
    ladrar de hambre (Col, Per fam); to be starving ( colloq)
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    ladrar ( conjugate ladrar) verbo intransitivo

    b) (fam) [ persona] to yell (colloq), to bark (colloq)

    ladrar verbo intransitivo to bark
    ' ladrar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bark
    - yap
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    ladrar vi
    1. [perro] to bark
    2. [persona] to bark;
    Fam
    está que ladra he's hopping mad, US he's fit to be tied;
    Ven Fam
    estar ladrando [estar sin dinero] to be broke, Br to be skint;
    [tener hambre] to be starving
    * * *
    v/i bark
    * * *
    ladrar vi
    : to bark
    * * *
    ladrar vb to bark

    Spanish-English dictionary > ladrar

  • 8 confuso

    adj.
    1 confused, addled, bewildered, muddle-headed.
    2 confusing, perplexing, tangled, confusional.
    3 confused, blurry, blurred, obscure.
    4 confused, cluttered, disordered, mixed-up.
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    1 (ideas) confused
    2 (estilo etc) obscure, confused
    3 (recuerdos, formas) vague, blurred
    4 (mezclado) mixed up
    5 figurado (turbado) confused, embarrassed
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    (f. - confusa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=poco claro) [ideas, noticias] confused; [recuerdo] hazy; [ruido] indistinct; [imagen] blurred

    tiene las ideas muy confusas — he has very confused ideas, his ideas are very mixed up

    2) (=desconcertado) confused

    no sé qué decir, estoy confuso — I don't know what to say, I'm overwhelmed

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    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
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    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.
    Ex. The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.
    Ex. The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex. Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex. Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex. The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex. This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex. The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex. At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex. While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex. The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex. The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex. They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex. She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex. Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex. The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex. Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex. Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex. What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex. On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex. The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex. The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex. This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex. He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex. They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex. After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex. Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex. Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex. Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex. Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex. I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex. This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex. Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    ----
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <idea/texto/explicación> confused; < recuerdo> confused, hazy; < imagen> blurred, hazy; < información> confused
    b) ( turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *
    = confusing, dim [dimmer -comp., dimmest -sup.], distraught, in confusion of purpose, indistinct, muddled, entangled, topsy-turvy, puzzled, messy [messier -comp., messiest -sup.], puzzling, mixed up, confused, in a state of turmoil, clouded, in a spin, dishevelled [disheveled, -USA], in disarray, foggy [foggier -comp., foggiest -sup.], blurry [blurrier -comp., blurriest -sup.], confounding, garbled, indistinctive, nonplussed [nonplused], addled, in a fog, chaotic, disorderly, shambolic, bleary [blearier -comp., bleariest -sup.], in a twirl, at sea, all over the place.

    Ex: The nature of the compilation of the code led to rather little consensus, and many alternative rules, which together made the code rather confusing.

    Ex: The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
    Ex: Before she could respond and follow up with a question about her distraught state, Feng escaped to the women's room.
    Ex: Without the ability to select when faced with these choices we would be like demented dogs chasing every attractive smell that reaches our noses in complete confusion of purpose.
    Ex: The typescript will be fuzzy and indistinct without the smooth, firm surface which the backing sheet offers.
    Ex: This paper analyses and proposes practical solutions to key problems in on-line IR, particulary in relation to ill-defined and muddled information requirements, concept representation in searching and text representation in indexing.
    Ex: The rapid spreading of electronic mail, bulletin boards, and newsletters give rise to an entangled pattern of standards.
    Ex: At a later stage he may make up topsy-turvy stories with reversals of the pattern; finally he will improvise and impose hiw own.
    Ex: While scanning the area under supervision, the librarian may detect persons who appear restless or puzzled.
    Ex: The author discusses current attempts to organize electronic information objects in a world that is messy, volatile and uncontrolled.
    Ex: The argument for expressiveness is that it helps users to find their way through the systematic arrangement, which is sometimes puzzling to them.
    Ex: They are mixed up as the talk meanders about, apparently without conscious pattern.
    Ex: She sat a long time on the couch, confused, questioning, pushing her thoughts into new latitudes.
    Ex: Before long the teachers were in a state of turmoil over the issue.
    Ex: The article 'The clouded crystal ball and the library profession' explains how the concepts of knowledge utilisation and information brokering are beginning to have an impact on the definition of the librarian's role.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Digital revolution leaves pharmacists in a spin'.
    Ex: Ironically, there are very few who have realized the capitalist dream of easy profits and the concept of a new knowledged-based economy now looks somewhat disheveled.
    Ex: Sometimes cataloguers access other libraries' OPACs in order to resolve difficult problems when important parts of the item being catalogued are missing or are in disarray.
    Ex: What they will not do is clear up the foggy area in most cataloguers' minds, the area that leads to an inconsistent application of half-understood principles'.
    Ex: On the other hand, a distinction that was thought to be quite clear turns out to be rather blurry.
    Ex: The need to control for the effect of confounding variables is central to empirical research in many disciplines.
    Ex: The client phoned in the afternoon to tell me that there was garbled data again in the large text field they use for notes.
    Ex: This research suggests that people are threatened by categorizations that portray them as too distinctive or too indistinctive.
    Ex: He was nonplussed when the crowd he expected protesting his policy of arresting illegal immigrants turned out to be seven.
    Ex: They were too addled to come to any definite conclusion.
    Ex: After practice, however, the usually affable Jackson looked to be in a fog as he prepared to walk to his locker.
    Ex: Otherwise the situation would become chaotic.
    Ex: Empirical studies of decision making have found that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models.
    Ex: Hundreds of usually loyal fans booed and jeered as the tortured singer delivered a shambolic and apparently drunken performance.
    Ex: Her eyes were dry and her head bleary from spending all week totally consumed with work.
    Ex: I had never been to a professional golf tournament, and the excitement and action had my head in a twirl.
    Ex: This site seems to be giving tons of options and am completely at sea as to how to go about choosing the best one.
    Ex: Mr Hammond said the Liberal Democrats are ' all over the place' on the economy.
    * de manera confusa = hazily.
    * estar confuso = be at sixes and sevens with, be at a nonplus, be all at sea.
    * masa confusa = mush.
    * resultar confuso = prove + confusing.
    * sentirse confuso = feel at + sea, be all at sea.
    * ser confuso = be deceiving.
    * surgir de un modo confuso = grow + like Topsy.
    * todo confuso = in a state of disarray.

    * * *
    confuso -sa
    1 ‹idea/texto› confused; ‹recuerdo› confused, hazy; ‹imagen› blurred, hazy
    dio una explicación muy confusa he gave a very confused explanation
    las noticias son confusas reports are confused
    2 (turbado) embarrassed, confused
    * * *

     

    confuso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹idea/texto/explicación› confused;

    ‹ recuerdo› confused, hazy;
    ‹ imagen› blurred, hazy;
    ‹ información› confused

    confuso,-a adjetivo
    1 (idea, argumento, etc) confused, unclear
    2 (desconcertado) confused, perplexed
    ' confuso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    confusa
    - apabullar
    - despistado
    - enmarañado
    English:
    confused
    - confusing
    - flounder
    - fuzzy
    - garbled
    - indistinct
    - mixed-up
    - muddy
    - spin
    - unclear
    - foggy
    - hazy
    - muddled
    * * *
    confuso, -a adj
    1. [poco claro] [clamor, griterío] confused;
    [contorno, forma, imagen] blurred; [explicación] confused
    2. [turbado] confused, bewildered;
    estar confuso to be confused o bewildered
    * * *
    adj confused
    * * *
    confuso, -sa adj
    1) : confused, mixed-up
    2) : obscure, indistinct
    * * *
    confuso adj
    1. (persona) confused
    2. (instrucciones, explicación, etc) confused / confusing

    Spanish-English dictionary > confuso

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