recobrar el tiempo perdido

recobrar el conocimiento or el sentido — to come to o round, to regain consciousness

recobrarse DE algo — <de enfermedad/susto> to recover from something, get over something; < de pérdidas económicas> to recoup something

recobrar el conocimiento or el sentido — to come to o round, to regain consciousness

recobrarse DE algo — <de enfermedad/susto> to recover from something, get over something; < de pérdidas económicas> to recoup something

Ex: The success of the shilling part-issues of the 1840s prompted the appearance of shilling magazines carrying two or three serialized novels in each monthly number, and these in turn recaptured the bulk of the serial fiction market from the part-issues during the 1860s.

no recuperamos el dinero robado — we didn't get the stolen money back, we didn't recover the stolen money más frm

al verte recuperó la sonrisa — the smile came back o returned to her face when she saw you

nunca recuperó la memoria — she never got her memory back, she never regained o recovered her memory

tengo que recuperar una asignatura — I have to retake o resit one subject

recuperar la confianza en sí mismo — to regain o recover one's self-confidence

recuperarse DE algo — de enfermedad to recover from something, recuperate from something (frml); de sorpresa/desgracia to get over something, recover from something

recuperar la confianza en sí mismo — to regain o recover one's self-confidence

recuperarse DE algo — de enfermedad to recover from something, recuperate from something (frml); de sorpresa/desgracia to get over something, recover from something

Ex: FIB$3 will hit words where the stem 'FIB' is followed by no more than three characters.

Ex: Ill with pneumonia, he is rescued by a subway trainman and taken to Bellevue Hospital.

sentido del ridículo, su sentido del ridículo le impidió hacerlo — he felt self-conscious o embarrassed so he didn't do it

tiene un gran sentido del ridículo — she easily feels self-conscious o embarrassed

la vida sin ti no tendría sentido — without you life would have no meaning o would be meaningless

• doble sentido — double meaning

• sin sentido — [palabras, comentario] meaningless

no le veo sentido a esta discusión — I can't see any sense o point in this argument

• sin sentido — [crueldad, violencia] senseless

• tener sentido — to make sense

solo tiene sentido quejarse si así puedes conseguir lo que quieres — it only makes sense to complain if o the only point in complaining is if you can then get what you want

no tiene sentido que te disculpes ahora — it's pointless (you) apologizing now, there's no sense o point in (you) apologizing now

• perder el sentido — to lose consciousness

• recobrar el sentido — to regain consciousness

• en el sentido de las agujas del reloj — clockwise

en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — anti-clockwise, counterclockwise (EEUU)

• en sentido amplio — in the broad sense

• en el buen sentido de la palabra — in the best o good sense of the word

• en cierto sentido — in a sense

• en ese sentido — [con nombre] to that effect; [con verbo] in that sense, in that respect

en ese sentido no sabemos qué hacer — in that sense o respect, we don't know what to do

• en sentido estricto — in the strict sense of the word o term

no es, en sentido estricto, un pez de río — it's not a freshwater fish in the strict sense of the word o term, it's not strictly speaking a freshwater fish

• en sentido figurado — in the figurative sense, figuratively

• en sentido lato — in the broad sense

• tomar algo en el mal sentido — to take sth the wrong way

• en tal sentido — to that effect

un acuerdo en tal sentido sería interpretado como una privatización — such an agreement o an agreement to that effect would be interpreted as privatization

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

poner los cinco sentidos en algo — to give something one's full attention; ( ante peligro) to keep one's wits about one

no le encuentro sentido a lo que haces — I can't see any sense o point in what you're doing

esa política ya no tiene sentido — that policy doesn't make sense anymore o is meaningless now

gírese en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj — turn (round) in a counterclockwise (AmE) o (BrE) an anticlockwise direction

venían en sentido contrario or opuesto al nuestro — they were coming in the opposite direction to us

calle de sentido único or (Méx) de un solo sentido — one-way street

Ex: In establishing subdivisions for use with the names of people or peoples consider the connotation, in addition to the denotation, of the wording and structure of the subdivision.