resistencia pasiva

la Resistencia — ( Hist) the Resistance

ofrecer o oponer resistencia — to offer resistance, resist

sin ofrecer or oponer resistencia — without putting up o offering any resistance

sin ofrecer or oponer resistencia — without putting up o offering any resistance

Ex: The first option means fighting the resistance, brutalizing, barbarizing and dehumanising both ourselves and our victims, and resulting, at best, in a desolate and desocialized state.

Ex: By some extra stamina or heritage of endurance they contrived to exist by becoming peddlers.

civil unrest — malestar m social

to be civil to sb — ser cortés or atento con algn

Civil Aviation Authority N — Aviación f Civil

civil defence, civil defense (US) N — defensa f civil

civil disobedience N — desobediencia f civil

civil engineer N — ingeniero(-a) m / f civil, ingeniero(-a) m / f de caminos (canales y puertos) (Sp)

civil engineering N — ingeniería f civil, ingeniería f de caminos (canales y puertos) (Sp)

civil law N — derecho m civil

civil liberties N — libertades fpl civiles

civil list N — (Brit) presupuesto de la casa real aprobado por el parlamento

civil marriage N — matrimonio m civil

civil partner N — pareja f civil (del mismo sexo)

civil partnership N — unión f de parejas civiles (del mismo sexo)

civil rights N — derechos mpl civiles

civil rights leader — defensor(a) m / f de los derechos civiles

civil rights movement N — movimiento m pro derechos civiles

civil servant N — funcionario(-a) m / f (del Estado)

Civil Service N — administración f pública

civil status N — estado m civil

civil war N — guerra f civil

civil wedding N — boda f civil

civil unrest — malestar m social

passive resistance N — resistencia f pasiva

passive smoking N — fumar m pasivo

juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.