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1 alarmismo
m.alarmism.* * *1 alarmism* * *SM alarmism* * *masculino alarmism* * *Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *masculino alarmism* * *Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
* * *alarmism* * *alarmismo nmalarmism* * *m alarmism -
2 amenaza ficticia
(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex. The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex: The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.
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3 cáustico
adj.1 caustic, acrimonious, barbed, rancid.2 caustic, stinging, sour, spiky.3 caustic, amytic, pyrotic, cauterant.* * *► adjetivo1 caustic* * *ADJ caustic* * *- ca adjetivo/masculino caustic* * *= scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.----* en tono cáustico = scathingly.* * *- ca adjetivo/masculino caustic* * *= scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.* en tono cáustico = scathingly.* * *1 ( Quím) caustic2 ‹estilo/lenguaje› caustic, biting; ‹humor› caustic; ‹comentario› sharp, causticcaustic* * *
cáustico,-a adjetivo caustic
' cáustico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cáustica
English:
abrasive
- acrimonious
- caustic
- scathing
* * *cáustico, -a adj1. [sustancia] caustic2. [comentario] caustic* * *adj tb figcaustic* * *cáustico, -ca adj: caustic -
4 deconstrucción
* * *Nota: En la crítica literaria, teoría que intenta negar el significado normal de los conceptos y favorecer otro tipo de interpretaciones.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *Nota: En la crítica literaria, teoría que intenta negar el significado normal de los conceptos y favorecer otro tipo de interpretaciones.Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
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5 incitación al pánico colectivo
(n.) = scaremongeringEx. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *(n.) = scaremongeringEx: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
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6 mordaz
adj.1 caustic, biting.2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.* * *1 mordant, sarcastic* * *adj.sarcastic, biting* * *ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.----* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * *‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing* * *
mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
' mordaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corrosiva
- corrosivo
- afilado
English:
abrasive
- acid
- barbed
- biting
- caustic
- cutting
- damning
- denunciation
- incisive
- pointed
- scathing
- sharp
- dry
- dryness
* * *mordaz adjcaustic* * *adj biting, sharp* * *mordaz adj: caustic, scathing -
7 reaccionario
adj.reactionary, blimpish, die-hard, diehard.m.reactionary, die-hard, conservatist, diehard.* * *► adjetivo1 reactionary► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 reactionary* * *reaccionario, -aADJ SM / F reactionary* * *- ria adjetivo/masculino, femenino reactionary* * *= reactionary, reactionary.Ex. While this may sound like a contradictory and reactionary sort of chauvinism coming from an iconoclast, our people have got to come first.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *- ria adjetivo/masculino, femenino reactionary* * *= reactionary, reactionary.Ex: While this may sound like a contradictory and reactionary sort of chauvinism coming from an iconoclast, our people have got to come first.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *adj/m,freactionary* * *
reaccionario◊ - ria adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino
reactionary
reaccionario,-a adjetivo & m,f Pol reactionary
' reaccionario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reaccionaria
- retrógrada
- retrógrado
- gorila
English:
something
- reactionary
- red
* * *reaccionario, -a♦ adjreactionary♦ nm,freactionary* * *I adj reactionaryII m, reaccionaria f reactionary* * *reaccionario, - ria adj & n: reactionary -
8 ultraconservador
adj.ultraconservative, die-hard, reactionary, right-wing.m.right-wing extremist, reactionary.* * *► adjetivo1 ultraconservative► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 ultraconservative* * *ultraconservador, -aADJ SM / F ultra-conservative* * *= reactionary.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *= reactionary.Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
* * *ultra-conservative* * *ultraconservador, -ora♦ adjultraconservative♦ nm,fultraconservative* * *adj ultra-conservative -
9 coco
m.1 coconut (fruto).2 nut, head (informal) (cabeza).está mal del coco he's soft o isn't right in the headpor más vueltas que le doy al coco no consigo entenderlo I've racked my brains but I still can't understand itcomerse el coco to worry (one's head)3 bogeyman (informal) (fantasma).si no te portas bien vendrá el coco if you're not good the bogeyman will come and get you4 coccus (biology) (bacteria).5 coconut plant.6 weevil.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: cocar.* * *2 (fruta) coconut\coco rallado desiccated coconut————————1 (bacteria) coccus————————1 (larva) larva, worm, grub————————1 familiar (fantasma) bogeyman\comer el coco a alguien familiar to brainwash somebodycomerse el coco familiar to get worked up, worry about it* * *ISM1) (Bot) (=fruto) coconut; (=árbol) coconut palm2) ** (=cabeza) nut *, noggin (EEUU) *, headse ha dado un golpe en el coco — he banged his head, he banged himself on the nut *
tuve que romperme el coco para resolver el problema — I had to rack my brains to come up with an answer to the problem
comer el coco a algn —
mira, tío, no me comas el coco — hey, stop going on about it
3) (=prodigio) whizz *IISM1) (=fantasma) bogeyman, boogeyman (EEUU) *¡que viene el coco! — the bogeyman's coming!
2) (=persona fea)es un coco — he's an ugly devil, he's ugly as sin *
3)IIIhacer cocos a algn — (=carantoñas) to make eyes at sb; (=halagos) to coax sb, wheedle sb
SM1) (=bacteria) coccus2) (=insecto) weevil* * *I- ca adjetivo (AmC) baldII1) (Bot, Coc) coconutcaerse de un coco — (Ven fam) to be disappointed
2) (fam) ( cabeza) headanda or está mal del coco — he's off his head (colloq)
comerle el coco a alguien — (Esp fam)
comerse el coco con algo — (Esp fam) to worry about something
3) (fam) (fantasma, espantajo) boogeyman (AmE), bogeyman (BrE); ( persona fea) ugly person4) ( bacteria) coccus* * *= coconut.Ex. This ready-to-eat nutritious food is made by admixing condensed milk with rolled oats, honey, dates, wheat germ, coconuts, and walnuts.----* coco, el = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].* extracto de coco = coconut extract.* * *I- ca adjetivo (AmC) baldII1) (Bot, Coc) coconutcaerse de un coco — (Ven fam) to be disappointed
2) (fam) ( cabeza) headanda or está mal del coco — he's off his head (colloq)
comerle el coco a alguien — (Esp fam)
comerse el coco con algo — (Esp fam) to worry about something
3) (fam) (fantasma, espantajo) boogeyman (AmE), bogeyman (BrE); ( persona fea) ugly person4) ( bacteria) coccus* * *el coco(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex: The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.= coconut.Ex: This ready-to-eat nutritious food is made by admixing condensed milk with rolled oats, honey, dates, wheat germ, coconuts, and walnuts.
* coco, el = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie].* extracto de coco = coconut extract.* * *( AmC) baldcoco2anda or está mal del coco he's off his head ( colloq)no voy a romperme el coco I'm not going to lose any sleep over itle comí el coco a mi padre para que me prestara el coche I softsoaped my father into lending me the car ( colloq)durante la dictadura nos comían el coco a todos during the dictatorship we were all brainwashedexprimirse el coco ( fam); to rack one's brainsC2 ( fam) (persona fea) ugly personD (bacteria) coccusG( Ven fam) (obsesión): anda con un coco que quiere comprarse un perro she has a real thing about wanting to buy a dog ( colloq)* * *
coco sustantivo masculinoa) (Bot, Coc) coconut
◊ está mal del coco he's off his head (colloq)
coco sustantivo masculino
1 Bot (fruto) coconut u familiar (inteligencia) brains: tiene mucho coco, she has a good brain
2 fam (cabeza) no sabes cómo me duele el coco hoy, you can't imagine how my head is aching today
3 familiar (hombre del saco) bogeyman
♦ Locuciones: familiar comerle el coco a alguien, to brainwash somebody
familiar comerse el coco, to get obsessed
' coco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comer
- comerse
- comedura de coco
- icaco
- palma
- partir
English:
bogeyman
- coconut
- nut
- desiccated
* * *coco nm1. [fruto] coconutese chico está mal del coco that boy is soft o isn't right in the head;por más vueltas que le doy al coco no consigo entenderlo I've Br racked o US cudgeled my brains, but I still can't understand it;Famcomer el coco: le están comiendo el coco para que les ayude they're going on at him to help them;Famno te comas el coco, no ha sido él don't worry yourself about it, it wasn't him;Famtener mucho coco to be really brainysi no te portas bien vendrá el coco if you're not good, the bogeyman will come and get youes un coco de chico he's an ugly devil* * *m1 BOT coconut2 monstruo bogeyman fam3:comerse el coco fam worry;estar hasta el coco fam be fed up* * *coco nm1) : coconut* * *coco n1. (fruto) coconut2. (cabeza) head -
10 coco, el
(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex. The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies. -
11 mundo académico
m.academic world, academy, academe.* * *(n.) = academe, academiaEx. This article describes a study conducted to show how librarians think they are perceived by their colleagues in academe, the teaching faculty.Ex. NREN is envisioned as a cooperative venture of government, academia and industry, initial funding coming mainly from government.* * *el mundo académico(n.) = academic, the, academic world, the, world of academia, theEx: The article is entitled 'Tidal wave or ripple? The impact of Internet on the academic'.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex: His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia.(n.) = academe, academiaEx: This article describes a study conducted to show how librarians think they are perceived by their colleagues in academe, the teaching faculty.
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12 mundo académico, el
(n.) = academic, the, academic world, the, world of academia, theEx. The article is entitled 'Tidal wave or ripple? The impact of Internet on the academic'.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex. His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia. -
13 tío del saco, el
(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex. The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies. -
14 tío del saco
el tío del saco(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex: The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies. -
15 momiaje
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