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  • 21 enfrentado

    adj.
    warring.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enfrentar.
    * * *
    ADJ [posiciones] conflicting; [opiniones] opposing
    * * *
    - da adjetivo conflicting
    * * *
    = confronting, inimical, adversarial, head-to-head, competing.
    Ex. It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new roles.
    Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex. The relationship between the author and editor is based on collaboration, but can also be adversarial at certain points.
    Ex. The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex. This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.
    ----
    * enfrentado a = at odds with.
    * enfrentado a + Nombre = faced with + Nombre.
    * estar enfrentados = be at loggerheads.
    * partes enfrentadas = warring parties.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo conflicting
    * * *
    = confronting, inimical, adversarial, head-to-head, competing.

    Ex: It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new roles.

    Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.
    Ex: The relationship between the author and editor is based on collaboration, but can also be adversarial at certain points.
    Ex: The database will compete head-to-head with other information providers by making information freely available on the Internet.
    Ex: This article identifies predominant worldview and competing schools of thought regarding the teaching of reference work.
    * enfrentado a = at odds with.
    * enfrentado a + Nombre = faced with + Nombre.
    * estar enfrentados = be at loggerheads.
    * partes enfrentadas = warring parties.

    * * *
    conflicting
    * * *
    enfrentado, -a adj
    mantienen posturas enfrentadas they hold conflicting views

    Spanish-English dictionary > enfrentado

  • 22 escandalizado

    adj.
    shocked.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: escandalizar.
    * * *
    = scandalised [scandalized, -USA].
    Ex. We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.
    * * *
    = scandalised [scandalized, -USA].

    Ex: We even react as though it were all happening to us by feeling sad or happy, frightened or angry, amused or scandalized, and so on.

    Spanish-English dictionary > escandalizado

  • 23 forzar

    v.
    1 to force.
    forzar a alguien a hacer algo to force somebody to do something
    forzar la vista to strain one's eyes
    forzar una cerradura to force a lock
    Ricardo forzó la puerta Richard forced the door.
    2 to rape.
    3 to enforce, to muscle, to impose, to foist.
    La policía forzó el reglamento The police enforced the rules.
    4 to coerce, to constrain, to force.
    La policía forzó a Ricardo The police coerced Richard.
    * * *
    (o changes to ue in stressed syllables; z changes to c before e)
    Present Indicative
    fuerzo, fuerzas, fuerza, forzamos, forzáis, fuerzan.
    Past Indicative
    forcé, forzaste, forzó, forzamos, forzasteis, forzaron.
    Present Subjunctive
    Imperative
    fuerza (tú), fuerce (él/Vd.), forcemos (nos.), forzad (vos.), fuercen (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    1) to force, compel
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=obligar) to force

    forzar a algn a hacer algo — to force sb to do sth, make sb do sth

    les forzó a dimitir — he forced them to resign, he made them resign

    2) [+ puerta, cerradura] to force; (Mil) [+ ciudadela, fuerte] to storm, take
    3) [+ ojos, voz] to strain; [+ sonrisa] to force
    4) (=violar) to rape
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( obligar) to force

    me vi forzado — I had to, I was forced

    2)
    a) < vista> to strain
    b) < sonrisa> to force
    3) <puerta/cerradura> to force
    4) ( violar) to rape
    2.
    forzarse v pron ( obligarse) to make o force oneself
    * * *
    = compel, constrain, force, oblige, force + Nombre + open, strain, extrude, enforce, shoehorn, pry + Nombre + open.
    Nota: Sinónimo de prise + Nombre + open.
    Ex. It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex. The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex. Do not force a book open, especially when it is new.
    Ex. His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex. In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.
    Ex. Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex. We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.
    Ex. If the paper clip has not rusted and the paper is sturdy, a paper clip can be removed by gently prying it open.
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    * abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.
    * abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.
    * forzar a = coerce (into), press into.
    * forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * forzar una respuesta = coerce + a response.
    * que fuerza los músculos = muscle-straining.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) ( obligar) to force

    me vi forzado — I had to, I was forced

    2)
    a) < vista> to strain
    b) < sonrisa> to force
    3) <puerta/cerradura> to force
    4) ( violar) to rape
    2.
    forzarse v pron ( obligarse) to make o force oneself
    * * *
    = compel, constrain, force, oblige, force + Nombre + open, strain, extrude, enforce, shoehorn, pry + Nombre + open.
    Nota: Sinónimo de prise + Nombre + open.

    Ex: It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.

    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex: If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex: The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex: Do not force a book open, especially when it is new.
    Ex: His small foreign-made car strained with the added burden of an interior packed to capacity with personal belongings and a heavily laden U-Haul trailor attached to the rear.
    Ex: In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.
    Ex: Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    Ex: We should not expect faculty to shoehorn their approaches into a technical developer's ideas of what is valuable or the correct pedagogical approach.
    Ex: If the paper clip has not rusted and the paper is sturdy, a paper clip can be removed by gently prying it open.
    * abrir forzando = force + Nombre + open.
    * abrir forzando con palanca = prise + Nombre + open.
    * forzar a = coerce (into), press into.
    * forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business.
    * forzar la separación de = coerce + Nombre + away from.
    * forzar una respuesta = coerce + a response.
    * que fuerza los músculos = muscle-straining.

    * * *
    forzar [ A11 ]
    vt
    A (obligar) to force
    me vi forzado a echarlo del local I had to o I was forced to o ( frml) I was obliged to throw him off the premises
    B
    1 ‹vista› to strain
    estaba forzando la vista I was straining my eyes
    2 ‹sonrisa› to force
    C ‹puerta/cerradura› to force
    D (violar) to rape
    (obligarse) to make o force oneself
    todos los días me fuerzo a caminar dos kilómetros every day I make myself walk two kilometers
    * * *

     

    forzar ( conjugate forzar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( obligar) to force
    2
    a) ‹ vista› to strain;


    b) ‹ sonrisa› to force

    3 ‹puerta/cerradura› to force
    forzar verbo transitivo
    1 (obligar por la fuerza) to force: la forzaron a casarse, she was forced to get married
    2 (un motor, una situación) to force
    3 (una cerradura) to force, break open
    4 (violar a alguien) to rape
    ' forzar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    hacer
    - tergiversar
    - violentar
    - fuerza
    - palanca
    English:
    bend
    - break in
    - break into
    - bulldoze
    - compel
    - crack
    - drive
    - force
    - pick
    - strain
    - tamper
    - stretch
    * * *
    forzar vt
    1. [obligar, empujar] to force;
    forzar a alguien a hacer algo to force sb to do sth;
    yo no forzaría la situación I wouldn't force the situation
    2. [cerradura, mecanismo] to force;
    no fuerces el motor don't overtax the engine;
    forzar la vista to strain one's eyes;
    Informát
    forzar la salida [de programa] to force quit
    3. [violar] to rape
    * * *
    v/t
    1 force;
    forzar la voz strain one’s voice
    2 ( violar) rape
    * * *
    forzar {36} vt
    1) obligar: to force, to compel
    2) : to force open
    3) : to strain
    forzar los ojos: to strain one's eyes
    * * *
    forzar vb to force

    Spanish-English dictionary > forzar

  • 24 frenar

    v.
    1 to brake (automobiles).
    El auto frena de repente The car brakes suddenly.
    Ricardo frenó el auto Richard braked the car.
    2 to check.
    los altos tipos de interés frenan a los inversores the high interest rates are holding investors back
    3 to rein in, to rein up, to rein back.
    El jinete frenó al caballo The rider reined in the horse.
    María frenó su lengua Mary checked her tongue.
    4 to halt, to set back, to slow down to a halt.
    El movimiento frenó The movement slowed down to a halt.
    5 to scotch, to spoke.
    El mecánico frena la rueda The mechanic scotches the wheel.
    * * *
    1 to brake
    2 figurado to restrain, check
    1 to brake
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (Aut, Mec) to brake
    2) (=contener) [+ inflación, crecimiento, avance, deterioro] to check, slow down; [+ pasiones, entusiasmo] to curb; [+ enemigo, ataque] to check, hold back
    2.
    VI (Aut) to brake

    frena, que viene una curva — brake, there's a bend coming up

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Transp) to brake
    2) <proceso/deterioro> to slow... down; <alza/inflación> to curb, check; <progreso/desarrollo> to hold... back
    2.
    frenar vi to brake, apply the brake(s) (frml)
    3.
    frenarse v pron (refl) to restrain oneself
    * * *
    = put + the brakes on, stultify, rein in, curb, apply + the brakes, slow down, slow up, brake, hold + Nombre + back.
    Ex. At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.
    Ex. Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex. If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
    Ex. A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget.
    Ex. The conclusion by the article 'Children's bookstores: applying the brakes' is that the rapid growth in children's bookstores and bookselling, documented in previous surveys, may have finally reached a plateau.
    Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex. Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.
    Ex. Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.
    ----
    * frenar el gasto público = curb + public spending.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1) (Transp) to brake
    2) <proceso/deterioro> to slow... down; <alza/inflación> to curb, check; <progreso/desarrollo> to hold... back
    2.
    frenar vi to brake, apply the brake(s) (frml)
    3.
    frenarse v pron (refl) to restrain oneself
    * * *
    = put + the brakes on, stultify, rein in, curb, apply + the brakes, slow down, slow up, brake, hold + Nombre + back.

    Ex: At the heart of the debate on Community budget and agricultural reforms has been the UK's insistence on the need to put the brakes on runaway spending on agriculture.

    Ex: Excessive standardisation also tends to stultify development and improvement of IT products.
    Ex: If librarians hope to rein in escalating periodical prices, they must become more assertive consumers.
    Ex: A book detection system was installed to curb thefts which had been seriously eroding the library's resources for some time, creating a heavy drain on the limited book budget.
    Ex: The conclusion by the article 'Children's bookstores: applying the brakes' is that the rapid growth in children's bookstores and bookselling, documented in previous surveys, may have finally reached a plateau.
    Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex: Last year the system was upgraded so the car will brake if the driver fails to react to a dangerous situation.
    Ex: Despite the improvements in the 17th edition, the scheme has been held back for years by the old policy of 'integrity of numbers' referred to above, the effects of which are not likely to be quickly mitigated.
    * frenar el gasto público = curb + public spending.

    * * *
    frenar [A1 ]
    vt
    A ( Transp) to brake
    B
    1 ‹proceso/deterioro› to slow … down, check; ‹alza/inflación› to curb, check, slow … down; ‹progreso/desarrollo› to hold … back, slow … up/down
    frena la maduración de la fruta it stops the fruit ripening so quickly, it slows down the ripening process of the fruit
    a veces uno tiene que frenar la lengua there are times when one has to hold one's tongue
    para frenar la ola de refugiados to stem the flow of refugees
    2 ‹ilusiones/esperanzas› to put a damper on
    ■ frenar
    vi
    to brake, apply the brake(s) ( frml)
    ( refl) to restrain oneself
    * * *

    frenar ( conjugate frenar) verbo transitivo
    1 (Transp) to brake
    2 ‹proceso/deterioro› to slow … down;
    ‹alza/inflación› to curb, check;
    ‹progreso/desarrollo› to hold … back
    verbo intransitivo
    to brake, apply the brake(s) (frml)
    frenar verbo transitivo
    1 (un vehículo, máquina) to brake
    2 (contener) (crisis, inflación, etc) to slow down
    (una tendencia, un impulso) to restrain
    ' frenar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    retardar
    - seco
    English:
    arrest
    - brake
    - check
    - put on
    - slam on
    - apply
    - curb
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [en vehículo] to brake
    2. [contener] to check;
    [disminuir] to curb, to slow down;
    medidas para frenar el desempleo measures to curb unemployment;
    nadie pudo frenar a la estrella brasileña no one could stop the Brazilian star;
    los altos tipos de interés frenan a los inversores the high interest rates are holding investors back
    ♦ vi
    [en vehículo] to brake
    * * *
    I v/i AUTO brake;
    frenar en seco brake sharply
    II v/t fig
    slow down; impulsos check
    * * *
    frenar vt
    1) : to brake
    2) detener: to curb, to check
    frenar vi
    : to apply the brakes
    * * *
    frenar vb to brake

    Spanish-English dictionary > frenar

  • 25 gerente

    f. & m.
    manager, director.
    m.
    1 manager, director, boss, managing agent.
    2 manageress.
    * * *
    1 (hombre) manager; (mujer) manageress
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    SMF manager/manageress
    * * *
    masculino y femenino manager
    * * *
    = manager [manageress, -fem.], registrar, manageress [manager, -masc.], office manager, business manager, financial officer, city manager, town manager, city budget director, secretary, provost.
    Ex. Such hosts are more likely to be accessed by end-users such as economists and managers, than information workers.
    Ex. The article 'Museum data bank report: the yogi and the registrar' is a contribution to an issue devoted to linking art objects and art information.
    Ex. Personality profiles of managers and managereses show little relevant difference.
    Ex. This department is headed by a general office manager who has a staff of bookkeepers, billing clerks, comptrollers, and secretaries.
    Ex. Watman wondered how the profession would react to the idea of a business manager instead of assistant.
    Ex. Financial officers in publishing are responsible for the business operation of the company.
    Ex. This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.
    Ex. Department heads estimate their expenditures for the coming year and submit them to the town manager, who approves or disapproves them.
    Ex. The city budget director announced that in the next fiscal year the city of Deuxville will adopt a program budget format.
    Ex. Donald P Hammer, Executive secretary of LITA, and Dorothy Butler, the Division's Administrative secretary, handled all of the administrative details, arrangements, and logistics.
    Ex. Librarians have accumulated a lot more capital than we think, and provosts want librarians to be risk takers.
    ----
    * gerente de restaurante = restaurant manager.
    * gerente de ventas = sales manager.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino manager
    * * *
    = manager [manageress, -fem.], registrar, manageress [manager, -masc.], office manager, business manager, financial officer, city manager, town manager, city budget director, secretary, provost.

    Ex: Such hosts are more likely to be accessed by end-users such as economists and managers, than information workers.

    Ex: The article 'Museum data bank report: the yogi and the registrar' is a contribution to an issue devoted to linking art objects and art information.
    Ex: Personality profiles of managers and managereses show little relevant difference.
    Ex: This department is headed by a general office manager who has a staff of bookkeepers, billing clerks, comptrollers, and secretaries.
    Ex: Watman wondered how the profession would react to the idea of a business manager instead of assistant.
    Ex: Financial officers in publishing are responsible for the business operation of the company.
    Ex: This paper describes a case study where a proposal by the city manager to cut the budget of the public library by 40% has left the library director very disheartened.
    Ex: Department heads estimate their expenditures for the coming year and submit them to the town manager, who approves or disapproves them.
    Ex: The city budget director announced that in the next fiscal year the city of Deuxville will adopt a program budget format.
    Ex: Donald P Hammer, Executive secretary of LITA, and Dorothy Butler, the Division's Administrative secretary, handled all of the administrative details, arrangements, and logistics.
    Ex: Librarians have accumulated a lot more capital than we think, and provosts want librarians to be risk takers.
    * gerente de restaurante = restaurant manager.
    * gerente de ventas = sales manager.

    * * *
    manager
    Compuestos:
    business manager
    bank manager
    general manager
    * * *

     

    gerente sustantivo masculino y femenino
    manager;

    gerente mf manager

    ' gerente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    oído
    - director
    English:
    directive
    - manager
    - manageress
    - mgr
    - president
    - mind
    * * *
    gerente nmf
    manager
    gerente de banco bank manager;
    gerente general general manager;
    Com gerente de línea line manager
    * * *
    m/f manager
    * * *
    gerente nmf
    : manager, director
    * * *
    gerente n manager manager puede referirse tanto a un hombre como a una mujer, pero existe también el término manageress, sólo para mujeres

    Spanish-English dictionary > gerente

  • 26 grúa

    f.
    1 crane, derrick, derrick crane, hoist.
    2 tow truck, wrecker, recovery vehicle, tow car.
    * * *
    1 (construcción) crane, derrick
    2 AUTOMÓVIL breakdown van, US tow truck
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (Téc) crane; (Náut) derrick

    grúa corredera, grúa corrediza — travelling crane

    grúa de puente — overhead crane, gantry crane

    grúa horquilla — Chile forklift truck

    2) (Aut) tow truck, towing vehicle

    avisar o llamar a la grúa — to call for a tow truck

    * * *
    a) (Const) crane
    b) (Auto) ( de taller) wrecker (AmE), breakdown van (BrE); ( de la policía) tow truck
    * * *
    = derrick, tow truck, hoist, crane, winch, capstan.
    Ex. Using a similar analogy later in a presidential address to the ALA, he said that he thought of the public library as 'a derrick, lifting the inert masses'.
    Ex. Warning cones or reflective triangles must be carried on tow trucks and should be placed at strategic points alerting other drivers to hazards and giving them time to react.
    Ex. They use a variety of hand and power tools, such as air hammers, nail guns, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, and surveying equipment.
    Ex. The crane for lifting heavy loads was invented by the ancient Greeks in the late 6th century BC.
    Ex. They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.
    Ex. They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.
    ----
    * elevar con grúa = winch.
    * operador de grúa = crane operator, crane driver.
    * operario de grúa = crane operator, crane driver.
    * rescatar con una grúa = winch to + safety.
    * * *
    a) (Const) crane
    b) (Auto) ( de taller) wrecker (AmE), breakdown van (BrE); ( de la policía) tow truck
    * * *
    = derrick, tow truck, hoist, crane, winch, capstan.

    Ex: Using a similar analogy later in a presidential address to the ALA, he said that he thought of the public library as 'a derrick, lifting the inert masses'.

    Ex: Warning cones or reflective triangles must be carried on tow trucks and should be placed at strategic points alerting other drivers to hazards and giving them time to react.
    Ex: They use a variety of hand and power tools, such as air hammers, nail guns, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, and surveying equipment.
    Ex: The crane for lifting heavy loads was invented by the ancient Greeks in the late 6th century BC.
    Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.
    Ex: They supply capstans and winches powered by electric motors to the industrial marine industry and shipyards.
    * elevar con grúa = winch.
    * operador de grúa = crane operator, crane driver.
    * operario de grúa = crane operator, crane driver.
    * rescatar con una grúa = winch to + safety.

    * * *
    1 ( Const) crane
    2 ( Auto) (de un taller) wrecker ( AmE), breakdown van ( BrE); (de la policía) tow truck
    [ S ] no aparcar, avisamos or llamamos grúa any vehicles parked here will be towed ( AmE) o ( BrE) towed away
    se lo llevó la grúa it was towed (away)
    Compuesto:
    grúa puente or de puente
    gantry crane
    * * *

     

    grúa sustantivo femenino
    a) (Const) crane

    b) (Auto) ( de taller) wrecker (AmE), breakdown van (BrE);

    ( de la policía) tow truck;

    grúa sustantivo femenino
    1 (para construcción) crane
    2 (para arrastrar coches) breakdown van, US tow truck
    3 Cine TV crane
    ' grúa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    manejar
    - auxilio
    - brazo
    - cabina
    - remolque
    English:
    boom
    - breakdown crane
    - breakdown truck
    - crane
    - break
    - hoist
    - tow
    * * *
    grúa nf
    1. [máquina] crane
    Chile grúa horquilla fork-lift truck
    2. [vehículo] [para averías] Br breakdown van o truck, US tow truck;
    la grúa (municipal) = breakdown truck which removes illegally parked cars;
    se me llevó el coche la grúa my car's been towed away;
    se avisa grúa [en letrero] cars parked here will be towed away
    3. Cine & TV crane
    * * *
    f
    1 crane
    2 AUTO wrecker, Br
    breakdown truck
    * * *
    grúa nf
    1) : crane (machine)
    2) : tow truck
    * * *
    grúa n (máquina) crane

    Spanish-English dictionary > grúa

  • 27 jalárselo todo

    (v.) = scoff + the lot, eat + Posesivo + way through
    Ex. The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.
    Ex. After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.
    * * *
    (v.) = scoff + the lot, eat + Posesivo + way through

    Ex: The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.

    Ex: After demolishing the cakes and sandwiches, pots of tea and buns laid on the table, he proceeded to eat his way through the contents of the fridge.

    Spanish-English dictionary > jalárselo todo

  • 28 malísimo

    adj.
    very bad.
    * * *
    1 really bad, terrible, awful
    * * *
    ADJ very bad, dreadful
    * * *
    adjetivo very bad, terrible
    * * *
    = lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], pathetic.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    Ex. Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.
    * * *
    adjetivo very bad, terrible
    * * *
    = lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.], pathetic.

    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.

    Ex: Unfortunately, the quality of the debate on the other side is pathetic.

    * * *
    very bad, terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj sup ( malo) very bad

    Spanish-English dictionary > malísimo

  • 29 megafichero

    Ex. He predicts that on-line users will react against the mega-files with their huge number of false hits.
    * * *

    Ex: He predicts that on-line users will react against the mega-files with their huge number of false hits.

    Spanish-English dictionary > megafichero

  • 30 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

  • 31 obligar

    v.
    to oblige, to bind, to coerce, to compel.
    La policía forzó a Ricardo The police coerced Richard.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar
    1 to force, oblige, make
    1 to undertake, promise
    \
    obligar a alguien a hacer algo to force somebody to do something, make somebody do something
    * * *
    verb
    to force, compel, oblige
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=forzar) to force
    2) [ley, norma]

    la disposición obliga a todos los contribuyentes — all taxpayers are bound to observe this requirement, this requirement is binding on all taxpayers

    3) (=empujar) to force
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) circunstancia/persona

    el mal tiempo nos obligó a... — bad weather forced o (frml) obliged us to...

    obligar A alguien A QUE + SUBJ — to make somebody + inf

    b) ley/disposición to bind

    las normas obligan a los maestros a... — the rules oblige teachers to...

    2.
    obligarse v pron (refl)

    obligarse A + INF — ( forzarse) to make oneself + inf, force oneself to + inf; ( comprometerse) to undertake to + inf

    * * *
    = bind, compel, constrain, dictate, force, impel, mandate, obligate, oblige, enjoin, enforce.
    Ex. Rules and conditions concerning book lending are the most important items in a library's statute book, binding the reader by specific obligations in the process of borrowing books.
    Ex. It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.
    Ex. Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex. Also, economy dictates that every possible entry cannot be printed.
    Ex. If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex. We have already been impelled toward a definition of the future catalog by forces not especially conducive to its development into a more effective instrument.
    Ex. Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex. As a result they were obligated to remain generally uninvolved in the patron's efforts to make a decision.
    Ex. The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex. Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.
    Ex. Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    ----
    * obligar a = make + it + incumbent upon.
    * obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business, force out of + the marketplace.
    * obligar a Hacer Algo = push into.
    * obligar a + Infinitivo = push towards + Gerundio.
    * obligar a pagar = enforce + payment.
    * obligar a salir = drive out + with a pitchfork, push out.
    * obligar a salir de = force from.
    * obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) circunstancia/persona

    el mal tiempo nos obligó a... — bad weather forced o (frml) obliged us to...

    obligar A alguien A QUE + SUBJ — to make somebody + inf

    b) ley/disposición to bind

    las normas obligan a los maestros a... — the rules oblige teachers to...

    2.
    obligarse v pron (refl)

    obligarse A + INF — ( forzarse) to make oneself + inf, force oneself to + inf; ( comprometerse) to undertake to + inf

    * * *
    = bind, compel, constrain, dictate, force, impel, mandate, obligate, oblige, enjoin, enforce.

    Ex: Rules and conditions concerning book lending are the most important items in a library's statute book, binding the reader by specific obligations in the process of borrowing books.

    Ex: It was apparent that the majority of respondents did not feel the need to react as if they were confronting forces compelling the adoption of totally new role.
    Ex: Model II sees the process in terms of the system forcing or constraining the user to deviate from the 'real' problem.
    Ex: Also, economy dictates that every possible entry cannot be printed.
    Ex: If the library wants all users to have passwords, an authorization level of 1 can be assigned in the search function to force the system to require a password.
    Ex: We have already been impelled toward a definition of the future catalog by forces not especially conducive to its development into a more effective instrument.
    Ex: Adequate security for expensive equipment must also be provided for in this decision, and a secluded back room, a remote phone cut-off switch, or a removable keyboard may be mandated.
    Ex: As a result they were obligated to remain generally uninvolved in the patron's efforts to make a decision.
    Ex: The user interested in children's sports, therefore, is obliged, when looking under the general heading, to differentiate between those works which are general and those which are on men's sports.
    Ex: Heightened interest in the nation's founding and in the intentions of the founders enjoins law librarians to provide reference service for research in the history of the constitutional period.
    Ex: Economic necessity will enforce an improvement in the provision of patent information in Hungary.
    * obligar a = make + it + incumbent upon.
    * obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business, force out of + the marketplace.
    * obligar a Hacer Algo = push into.
    * obligar a + Infinitivo = push towards + Gerundio.
    * obligar a pagar = enforce + payment.
    * obligar a salir = drive out + with a pitchfork, push out.
    * obligar a salir de = force from.
    * obligar a subir el precio = force up + prices.

    * * *
    obligar [A3 ]
    vt
    1
    «circunstancia/persona»: obligar a algn A + INF: el mal tiempo nos obligó a retrasar la partida bad weather obliged o forced o compelled us to postpone our departure
    nos obligan a llevar uniforme we are required to o we have to wear uniform
    no lo obligues a comer don't force him to eat, don't make him eat
    lo obligué a pedirle perdón a la abuela I made him apologize to his grandmother
    obligar a algn A QUE + SUBJ to make sb + INF
    oblígalos a que recojan los juguetes make them pick up their toys
    2 «ley/disposición» to bind
    esta ley sólo obliga a los mayores de edad this law only applies to adults, only adults are legally bound by this law
    ( refl)
    1 (forzarse) obligarse A + INF to make oneself + INF, force oneself to + INF
    me obligo a escribir una página todos los días I force myself to write o I make myself write a page every day
    2 (comprometerse) to undertake obligarse A + INF to undertake to + INF
    * * *

     

    obligar ( conjugate obligar) verbo transitivo
    a) obligar a algn a hacer algo to force sb to do sth, to make sb do sth;


    nos obligan a llevar uniforme we are required to wear uniform;
    obligar a algn A QUE haga algo to make sb do sth
    b) [ley/disposición] to bind

    obligar verbo transitivo to force, oblige: nada te obliga a vivir con él, no-one's forcing you to live with him ➣ Ver nota en make
    ' obligar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    comprometer
    - constreñir
    - desalojar
    - echar
    - forzar
    - hacer
    - empujar
    - orillar
    English:
    bind
    - bully
    - compel
    - constrained
    - drive
    - force
    - force down
    - hand
    - make
    - oblige
    - constrain
    - obligate
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [sujeto: persona]
    obligar a alguien (a hacer algo) to force sb to do sth, to make sb do sth;
    yo no quería hacerlo, me obligaron I didn't want to do it, they forced me to o they made me;
    no lo compres, nadie te obliga don't buy it, nobody is forcing you;
    la obligué a descansar I made her have a rest;
    a los jefes de departamento se les obliga a presentar un informe al mes the heads of department are required to hand in a monthly report;
    obligar a alguien a que haga algo to force sb to do sth, to make sb do sth;
    la obligué a que me contestase I forced her to answer me, I made her answer me
    2. [sujeto: ley, norma]
    la ley obliga a todos los ciudadanos a declarar sus ingresos all citizens are required by law to declare their income;
    esta norma obliga a los mayores de dieciocho años this rule applies to people over eighteen
    * * *
    v/t
    1
    :
    obligar a alguien oblige o force s.o. ( a hacer algo to do sth)
    2 de una ley apply to s.o.
    * * *
    obligar {52} vt
    : to force, to require, to oblige
    * * *
    obligar vb to force / to make
    me obligaron a marcharme they forced me to leave / they made me leave

    Spanish-English dictionary > obligar

  • 32 oposición

    f.
    1 opposition, reluctance, resistance.
    2 opposition, reaction, counteraction, objection.
    3 Opposition benches.
    * * *
    1 (antagonismo) opposition
    2 (examen) competitive examination
    \
    preparar las oposiciones to study for a competitive exam
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) [gen] opposition

    oposición frontal — direct opposition, total opposition

    2) Esp
    (tb: oposiciones) Civil Service examination

    hay varias plazas de libre oposición o de oposición libre — there are several places that will be filled on the basis of a competitive examination

    hacer oposiciones a..., presentarse a unas oposiciones a... — to sit an examination for...

    OPOSICIONES Being a civil servant in Spain means having a job for life, but applicants for public-sector jobs must pass competitive exams called oposiciones. The candidates (opositores) must sit a series of written exams and/or attend interviews. Some applicants spend years studying for and resitting exams, so preparing candidates for oposiciones is a major source of work for many academias. All public-sector appointments that are open to competition are published in the BOE, an official government publication.
    See:
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( enfrentamiento) opposition
    b) (Pol) opposition
    2) (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination

    hacer oposiciones — to take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination

    •• Cultural note:
    In Spain, competitive examinations for people wanting a public-sector job, to teach in a state secondary school, or to become a judge. The large number of candidates, or opositores - much higher than the number of posts available - means that the exams are very difficult. Those successful obtain very secure employment. Many people have private coaching for the exams
    * * *
    = opposition, antagonism, counteraction [counter-action].
    Ex. I would like to ask each of them to tell us whether in fact there is a clear difference of opinion and direct opposition or whether there is no real inconsistency.
    Ex. The influx of large numbers of Spanish-speaking people has brought to the surface feelings of antagonism on the part established residents, who feel threatened by the 'encroachment' of 'have-nots' into their neighborhoods.
    Ex. For the individual who seeks to react rationally, whether by personal complaint or collective counteraction, it is often difficult even to discover the information which is needed to make a start.
    ----
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.
    * en oposición a = as against, versus (vs - abreviatura).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * oposición, la = political opposition, the.
    * oposición política, la = political opposition, the.
    * partido de la oposición = opposition party.
    * sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( enfrentamiento) opposition
    b) (Pol) opposition
    2) (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination

    hacer oposiciones — to take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination

    •• Cultural note:
    In Spain, competitive examinations for people wanting a public-sector job, to teach in a state secondary school, or to become a judge. The large number of candidates, or opositores - much higher than the number of posts available - means that the exams are very difficult. Those successful obtain very secure employment. Many people have private coaching for the exams
    * * *
    la oposición
    (n.) = political opposition, the

    Ex: He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election.

    = opposition, antagonism, counteraction [counter-action].

    Ex: I would like to ask each of them to tell us whether in fact there is a clear difference of opinion and direct opposition or whether there is no real inconsistency.

    Ex: The influx of large numbers of Spanish-speaking people has brought to the surface feelings of antagonism on the part established residents, who feel threatened by the 'encroachment' of 'have-nots' into their neighborhoods.
    Ex: For the individual who seeks to react rationally, whether by personal complaint or collective counteraction, it is often difficult even to discover the information which is needed to make a start.
    * eludir una oposición = negotiate + resistance.
    * encontrar oposición = meet with + opposition, find + opposition.
    * en oposición a = as against, versus (vs - abreviatura).
    * grupo de la oposición = opposition group.
    * oposición + crear = opposition + line up.
    * oposición, la = political opposition, the.
    * oposición política, la = political opposition, the.
    * partido de la oposición = opposition party.
    * sin oposición = without opposition, unchallenged, unopposed.

    * * *
    oposiciones (↑ oposición a1)
    A
    1 (enfrentamiento) opposition oposición A algo opposition TO sth
    hubo una fuerte oposición popular a la nueva ley there was strong popular opposition to the law
    2 ( Pol) opposition
    B ( Esp) (examen) (public) competitive examination
    ganó la plaza por oposición he got the post by taking o ( BrE) sitting a competitive examination
    estoy preparando oposiciones I'm studying for my exams
    * * *

    oposición sustantivo femenino
    1 ( en general) opposition
    2 (Esp, Ven) ( concurso) (public) competitive examination;
    ◊ hacer oposiciones to take o (BrE) sit a competitive examination

    oposición sustantivo femenino
    1 (enfrentamiento, disparidad) opposition: la oposición votó en contra de la ley, the opposition voted against the bill
    2 (examen para funcionario) competitive/entrance examination: se presentará a la próxima oposición para profesor universitario, he'll take the next competitive exam for the position of university professor
    ' oposición' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acosar
    - brecha
    - contra
    - convocatoria
    - encontrarse
    - firme
    - flexibilizar
    - interpelar
    - líder
    - manifestarse
    - pasarse
    - resistencia
    - salpicar
    - temario
    - tribunal
    - callar
    - criollo
    - declarar
    - frontal
    - partido
    - provincia
    - tierra
    English:
    call
    - opposition
    - quash
    - shadow cabinet
    - stand down
    - uncontested
    - unopposed
    - back
    - face
    - minority
    * * *
    1. [resistencia] opposition (a to);
    la oposición de mis padres a que haga este viaje es total my parents are totally opposed to me going on this trip
    2. [política]
    la oposición the opposition;
    los partidos de la oposición the opposition parties
    3. [examen] = competitive public examination for employment in the civil service, education, legal system etc;
    oposición a profesor = public examination to obtain a state teaching post;
    preparar oposiciones to be studying for a public examination;
    conseguir una plaza por oposición to obtain a post by sitting a public examination
    OPOSICIONES
    When a Spanish person wishes to work in the civil service (this includes becoming a teacher in a state school), he or she has to take oposiciones. These are public examinations held to fill vacancies on a national, provincial or local basis. The positions attained through these exams normally imply a job for life (with a working day from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.), and they are much sought after in a country with a tradition of high unemployment. There are usually far too many candidates for every job advertised, so the requirements listed can be extremely rigorous: if you apply to be a postal worker or a clerk you may have to show an in-depth knowledge of the Constitution and of Spanish cultural issues. This is why many people spend years preparing for these examinations, especially for posts with more responsibility.
    * * *
    f
    1 POL opposition
    2
    :
    oposiciones pl official entrance exams
    * * *
    oposición nf, pl - ciones : opposition
    * * *
    1. (en general) opposition
    2. (examen) competitive examination

    Spanish-English dictionary > oposición

  • 33 papel Albal

    (n.) = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil
    Ex. The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.
    Ex. This dispenser will store 32cm wide cling film and kitchen foil internally and kitchen paper can be attached to the bottom if required.
    Ex. Aluminum foil is made from an aluminum alloy which contains between 92 and 99 percent aluminum.
    Ex. The combination of a computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system has brought enormous lead times savings at a company that produces aluminium foil containers.
    * * *
    (n.) = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil

    Ex: The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.

    Ex: This dispenser will store 32cm wide cling film and kitchen foil internally and kitchen paper can be attached to the bottom if required.
    Ex: Aluminum foil is made from an aluminum alloy which contains between 92 and 99 percent aluminum.
    Ex: The combination of a computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system has brought enormous lead times savings at a company that produces aluminium foil containers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > papel Albal

  • 34 papel de aluminio

    aluminium foil
    * * *
    tinfoil, aluminum* foil
    * * *
    (n.) = aluminium foil, tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil
    Ex. The combination of a computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system has brought enormous lead times savings at a company that produces aluminium foil containers.
    Ex. The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.
    Ex. This dispenser will store 32cm wide cling film and kitchen foil internally and kitchen paper can be attached to the bottom if required.
    Ex. Aluminum foil is made from an aluminum alloy which contains between 92 and 99 percent aluminum.
    * * *
    tinfoil, aluminum* foil
    * * *
    (n.) = aluminium foil, tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil

    Ex: The combination of a computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system has brought enormous lead times savings at a company that produces aluminium foil containers.

    Ex: The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.
    Ex: This dispenser will store 32cm wide cling film and kitchen foil internally and kitchen paper can be attached to the bottom if required.
    Ex: Aluminum foil is made from an aluminum alloy which contains between 92 and 99 percent aluminum.

    * * *
    aluminum foil, Br
    aluminium foil

    Spanish-English dictionary > papel de aluminio

  • 35 papel de plata

    silver foil, tinfoil
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil
    Ex. The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.
    Ex. This dispenser will store 32cm wide cling film and kitchen foil internally and kitchen paper can be attached to the bottom if required.
    Ex. Aluminum foil is made from an aluminum alloy which contains between 92 and 99 percent aluminum.
    Ex. The combination of a computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system has brought enormous lead times savings at a company that produces aluminium foil containers.
    * * *
    * * *
    (n.) = tinfoil [tin foil], kitchen foil, aluminum foil, aluminium foil

    Ex: The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.

    Ex: This dispenser will store 32cm wide cling film and kitchen foil internally and kitchen paper can be attached to the bottom if required.
    Ex: Aluminum foil is made from an aluminum alloy which contains between 92 and 99 percent aluminum.
    Ex: The combination of a computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) system has brought enormous lead times savings at a company that produces aluminium foil containers.

    * * *
    aluminum foil, kitchen foil

    Spanish-English dictionary > papel de plata

  • 36 pedante

    adj.
    1 pretentious.
    2 pedantic, vain, bookish, pedant.
    f. & m.
    1 pretentious person.
    2 pedant, dry-as-dust, dryasdust, popinjay.
    * * *
    1 pedantic, pompous
    1 pedant
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [gen] pedantic; (=pomposo) pompous, conceited
    2.
    SMF pedant
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo pedantic
    II
    masculino y femenino pedant
    * * *
    = pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo pedantic
    II
    masculino y femenino pedant
    * * *
    = pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.
    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.
    Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
    Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
    Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

    * * *
    (detallista) pedantic; (presuntuoso) pompous
    pedant
    * * *

    pedante adjetivo
    pedantic
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    pedant
    pedante
    I adjetivo pedantic
    II mf pedant
    ' pedante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repipi
    English:
    fastidious
    - pedantic
    - should
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    pretentious
    ♦ nmf
    pretentious person
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( perfeccionista) pedantic
    2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious
    II m/f
    1 ( perfeccionista) pedant
    2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious individual
    * * *
    pedante adj
    : pedantic
    pedante nmf
    : pedant

    Spanish-English dictionary > pedante

  • 37 persona que está de picnic

    (n.) = picnicker
    Ex. The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.
    * * *
    (n.) = picnicker

    Ex: The dog snatched the sandwiches still wrapped in their tinfoil and scoffed the lot before the unsuspecting picnickers had time to react.

    Spanish-English dictionary > persona que está de picnic

  • 38 pivote

    f. & m.
    1 pivot (eje).
    2 pivot (sport).
    m.
    1 pivot, gudgeon, spindle.
    2 swivel, swivel joint.
    pres.subj.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: pivotar.
    * * *
    1 pivot
    * * *
    1.
    SMF (Dep) pivot
    2.
    * * *
    = pivot, traffic cone, warning cone, bollard, swivel.
    Ex. The use of decimal notation is seen as the pivot of Dewey's scheme and notational systems are analysed generally and compared with Dewey's.
    Ex. It is full of gimmicks and gadgets: thermos flasks, cans of beer, mobile phones, and traffic cones.
    Ex. Warning cones or reflective triangles must be carried on tow trucks and should be placed at strategic points alerting other drivers to hazards and giving them time to react.
    Ex. To report problems with street lights, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings or illuminated bollards, please call our hotline.
    Ex. A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.
    ----
    * girar sobre un pivote = pivot.
    * montado sobre un pivote = pivoted.
    * * *
    = pivot, traffic cone, warning cone, bollard, swivel.

    Ex: The use of decimal notation is seen as the pivot of Dewey's scheme and notational systems are analysed generally and compared with Dewey's.

    Ex: It is full of gimmicks and gadgets: thermos flasks, cans of beer, mobile phones, and traffic cones.
    Ex: Warning cones or reflective triangles must be carried on tow trucks and should be placed at strategic points alerting other drivers to hazards and giving them time to react.
    Ex: To report problems with street lights, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings or illuminated bollards, please call our hotline.
    Ex: A windvane is really just a flat piece of metal or wood on a swivel that catches the wind and points toward and away from the wind.
    * girar sobre un pivote = pivot.
    * montado sobre un pivote = pivoted.

    * * *
    ( Tec) pivot
    * * *
    pivote nmf
    1. [eje] pivot
    2. [en baloncesto] centre
    * * *
    m
    1 TÉC pivot
    2 en baloncesto center, Br
    centre
    * * *
    pivote nm
    : pivot

    Spanish-English dictionary > pivote

  • 39 pésimo

    adj.
    very bad, lousy, terrible, rotten.
    * * *
    1 dreadful, awful
    * * *
    (f. - pésima)
    adj.
    terrible, very bad
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ awful, dreadful
    2.
    ADV Méx
    *
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo dreadful, terrible, abysmal
    II
    adverbio < jugar> terribly
    * * *
    = appalling, rotten, abysmal, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.].
    Ex. His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.
    Ex. Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex. The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex. I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    ----
    * de pésimo gusto = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.].
    * * *
    I
    - ma adjetivo dreadful, terrible, abysmal
    II
    adverbio < jugar> terribly
    * * *
    = appalling, rotten, abysmal, lousy [lousier -comp., lousiest -sup.].

    Ex: His article, 'The skeleton in the our closet: public libraries art collections suffer appalling losses,' examines the problem of theft and mutilation of art materials in public libraries.

    Ex: Besides, winding up in an exclusive arrangement with a distributor that has rotten customer service ruins any advantage.
    Ex: The communications infrastructure in Africa varies from very good to abysmal = La infraestructura de comunicaciones en †frica oscila entre muy buena y pésima.
    Ex: I want to react, though, to your description of lousy catalogers.
    * de pésimo gusto = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.].

    * * *
    pésimo1 -ma
    dreadful, terrible, abysmal
    ‹jugar› terribly
    canta pésimo she has a terrible voice
    * * *

    pésimo
    ◊ -ma adjetivo

    dreadful, terrible, abysmal
    pésimo,-a adjetivo dreadful, terrible: es un pésimo actor, he's an awful actor

    ' pésimo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abominable
    - atroz
    - decoración
    - fatal
    - infame
    - pésima
    - trasquiladura
    English:
    abominable
    - abysmal
    - appalling
    - demand
    - deplorably
    - jabber
    - lousy
    - shocking
    - dismal
    - dreadful
    - foul
    - rotten
    * * *
    pésimo, -a
    ♦ superlativo
    ver malo
    ♦ adj
    terrible, awful
    * * *
    adj sup awful, terrible
    * * *
    pésimo, -ma adj
    : dreadful, abominable
    * * *
    pésimo adj awful / dreadful

    Spanish-English dictionary > pésimo

  • 40 situación cotidiana

    (n.) = everyday situation, daily situation
    Ex. These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.
    Ex. Nowadays, however, such occurrences are not common, yet we react to many daily situations as if they were life or death issues.
    * * *
    (n.) = everyday situation, daily situation

    Ex: These everyday situations occur everywhere and include shopping in an open-air market, greeting friends, choosing clothes to wear, singing the national anthem at a football game, and so forth.

    Ex: Nowadays, however, such occurrences are not common, yet we react to many daily situations as if they were life or death issues.

    Spanish-English dictionary > situación cotidiana

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