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  • 1 novela

    f.
    novel.
    novela de caballerías tale of chivalry
    novela histórica historical novel
    novela policíaca detective story
    novela rosa romance, romantic novel
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: novelar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: novelar.
    * * *
    1 novel
    2 (en TV, radio) serial
    \
    novela corta novella
    novela de caballerías romance of chivalry
    novela negra detective novel, detective story
    novela policíaca detective story
    novela rosa romance, novelette
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    novela de amor — love story, romance

    novela de aprendizaje — Bildungsroman, novel concerned with a person's formative years

    novela iniciática — Bildungsroman, novel concerned with a person's formative years

    novela policíaca — detective story, whodunit *

    * * *
    a) (Lit) novel
    b) (TV) soap opera
    * * *
    = novel.
    Ex. One part of a novel or long text may be read in order to whet the listeners' appetites for reading the book themselves.
    ----
    * de novela barata = novelettish.
    * de novela sentimental = novelettish.
    * escritor de novela romántica = romantic novelist.
    * escritor de novelas = fiction writer.
    * escritor de novelas de misterio = mystery writer.
    * novela a duro = dime and nickel novel.
    * novela alemana que trata del desarrollo de la personalidad = bildungsroman.
    * novela barata = novelette.
    * novela bélica = war story.
    * novela contemporánea = contemporary romance.
    * novela corta = novella, novelette.
    * novela de amor = love story, love fiction.
    * novela de animales = animal story.
    * novela de aventuras = adventure story.
    * novela de caballería = chivalric romance, chivalric novel.
    * novela de ciencia ficción = science fiction novel.
    * novela de deporte = sports novel.
    * novela de época = period novel.
    * novela de espionaje = spy fiction, spy novel, spy story.
    * novela de fantasía = fantasy novel.
    * novela del oeste = western, western story.
    * novela de misterio = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel.
    * novela de suspense = thriller.
    * novela de terror = horror story, terror novel.
    * novela de vaqueros = cowboy story.
    * novela en tres volúmenes = three-decker.
    * novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.
    * novela gótica = Gothic novel.
    * novela gráfica = graphic novel.
    * novela histórica = historical fiction, historical novel, historical romance.
    * novela literaria = literary novel.
    * novela negra = crime fiction, crime novel.
    * novela para adolescentes = adolescent romance.
    * novela policíaca = detective novel, crime fiction, crime novel.
    * novela por entregas = part-issue.
    * novela romántica = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel, romance fiction.
    * novela rosa = romantic fiction, romance.
    * novela rosa Harlequín = Harlequin Romance novel.
    * novelas de horror = horror fiction.
    * novela sentimental = novelette.
    * novela seriada = part-issue, serialised novel.
    * novela seriada a un real = shilling part-issue.
    * novela sobre hospitales = hospital romance.
    * novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado/kiosko = self-help.
    * novela temática = thematic novel.
    * * *
    a) (Lit) novel
    b) (TV) soap opera
    * * *

    Ex: One part of a novel or long text may be read in order to whet the listeners' appetites for reading the book themselves.

    * de novela barata = novelettish.
    * de novela sentimental = novelettish.
    * escritor de novela romántica = romantic novelist.
    * escritor de novelas = fiction writer.
    * escritor de novelas de misterio = mystery writer.
    * novela a duro = dime and nickel novel.
    * novela alemana que trata del desarrollo de la personalidad = bildungsroman.
    * novela barata = novelette.
    * novela bélica = war story.
    * novela contemporánea = contemporary romance.
    * novela corta = novella, novelette.
    * novela de amor = love story, love fiction.
    * novela de animales = animal story.
    * novela de aventuras = adventure story.
    * novela de caballería = chivalric romance, chivalric novel.
    * novela de ciencia ficción = science fiction novel.
    * novela de deporte = sports novel.
    * novela de época = period novel.
    * novela de espionaje = spy fiction, spy novel, spy story.
    * novela de fantasía = fantasy novel.
    * novela del oeste = western, western story.
    * novela de misterio = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel.
    * novela de suspense = thriller.
    * novela de terror = horror story, terror novel.
    * novela de vaqueros = cowboy story.
    * novela en tres volúmenes = three-decker.
    * novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.
    * novela gótica = Gothic novel.
    * novela gráfica = graphic novel.
    * novela histórica = historical fiction, historical novel, historical romance.
    * novela literaria = literary novel.
    * novela negra = crime fiction, crime novel.
    * novela para adolescentes = adolescent romance.
    * novela policíaca = detective novel, crime fiction, crime novel.
    * novela por entregas = part-issue.
    * novela romántica = romantic novel, romance story, romance novel, romance fiction.
    * novela rosa = romantic fiction, romance.
    * novela rosa Harlequín = Harlequin Romance novel.
    * novelas de horror = horror fiction.
    * novela sentimental = novelette.
    * novela seriada = part-issue, serialised novel.
    * novela seriada a un real = shilling part-issue.
    * novela sobre hospitales = hospital romance.
    * novelas o libros que se compran en el supermercado/kiosko = self-help.
    * novela temática = thematic novel.

    * * *
    1 ( Lit) novel
    de novela like something (straight) out of a novel
    2 (TV) soap opera
    Compuestos:
    adventure story
    science fiction story
    novel in the costumbrista tradition
    historical novel
    picaresque novel
    ● novela policíaca or policial
    detective novel o story
    serialized novel
    radio serial
    ( pey); novelette ( pej), romantic novel
    * * *

     

    Del verbo novelar: ( conjugate novelar)

    novela es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    novela    
    novelar
    novela sustantivo femenino (Lit) novel;
    (TV) soap opera;
    ◊ novela policíaca detective novel o story;

    novela rosa (pey) novelette (pej), romantic novel
    novela sustantivo femenino
    1 Lit novel: me gustan las novelas de aventuras, I like adventure stories
    novela negra, black novel
    novela rosa, romantic novel
    2 fam (mentira, cuento chino) story, fib
    novelar verbo transitivo to make a novel about: está novelando la última película de James Bond, she's making a novel about the latest James Bond film

    ' novela' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acerba
    - acerbo
    - actualidad
    - afición
    - anticipo
    - carente
    - decidirse
    - derroche
    - desenlace
    - edición
    - enganchar
    - folletín
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - lacrimógena
    - lacrimógeno
    - narrar
    - novelesca
    - novelesco
    - poner
    - potable
    - proscrita
    - proscrito
    - publicar
    - refleja
    - reflejar
    - reflejo
    - reseñar
    - sensiblera
    - sensiblería
    - sensiblero
    - teatralidad
    - terror
    - tirón
    - tostón
    - trabajada
    - trabajado
    - accesible
    - acción
    - adaptar
    - bosquejo
    - contar
    - continuación
    - culminar
    - destinado
    - espionaje
    - esqueleto
    - extensión
    - fragmento
    - horroroso
    English:
    art form
    - detective story
    - fictional
    - hero
    - heroine
    - humorous
    - novel
    - romance
    - serial
    - thriller
    - unabridged
    - whodunit
    - whodunnit
    - arguably
    - compare
    - detective
    - fact
    - going
    - middle
    - mystery
    - set
    - type
    - western
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    novel;
    la novela contemporánea the contemporary novel
    novela de caballería(s) tale of chivalry;
    novela de intriga mystery story;
    novela negra crime novel;
    novela policíaca detective story;
    novela rosa romance, romantic novel
    ♦ de novela loc adj
    RP Fam [muy bueno] amazing;
    se compró una estancia de novela he bought this amazing ranch
    ♦ de novela loc adv
    RP Fam [muy bien] fantastically;
    cocina de novela he's a fantastic o an amazing cook
    * * *
    f novel
    * * *
    novela nf
    1) : novel
    2) : soap opera
    * * *
    novela n novel

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela

  • 2 novela rosa

    f.
    novelette, romantic novel, sentimental novel.
    * * *
    romance, novelette
    * * *
    (pey) novelette (pej), romantic novel
    * * *
    (n.) = romantic fiction, romance
    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex. Librarians should view teenage romances not as a 2nd-best literature but as valuable books in themselves.
    * * *
    (pey) novelette (pej), romantic novel
    * * *
    (n.) = romantic fiction, romance

    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

    Ex: Librarians should view teenage romances not as a 2nd-best literature but as valuable books in themselves.

    * * *
    romantic novel

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela rosa

  • 3 novela histórica

    (n.) = historical fiction, historical novel, historical romance
    Ex. I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.
    Ex. Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.
    Ex. In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
    * * *
    (n.) = historical fiction, historical novel, historical romance

    Ex: I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.

    Ex: Librarians may group novels of a certain type together, eg all the love stories, all the westerns, all the detective stories, all the historical novels, and so on.
    Ex: In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela histórica

  • 4 novela de misterio

    (n.) = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel
    Ex. In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
    Ex. The author reports on the success of regional mystery novels in the USA in recent years.
    * * *
    (n.) = mystery romance, mystery story, mystery book, mystery novel

    Ex: In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: The author surveys current mystery books, a category that seems to have weathered the bumpy ride which most publishers have recently been suffering.
    Ex: The author reports on the success of regional mystery novels in the USA in recent years.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela de misterio

  • 5 novela del oeste

    (n.) = western, western story
    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    * * *
    (n.) = western, western story

    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela del oeste

  • 6 literatura

    f.
    literature.
    * * *
    1 literature
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino literature
    * * *
    = literature, belles-lettres, literary studies.
    Ex. Hearing books read will then be the only way they can receive the great body of the best literature in their native tongue.
    Ex. The self help section that will include practical social information as well as belles-lettres.
    Ex. Linguistics and literary studies, like most of the other liberal arts, have undergone considerable changes since the 1960s.
    ----
    * amante de la literatura = literary.
    * apreciación de la literatura = literature appreciation.
    * Asociación Europea para la Literatura Gris (EAGLE) = European Association for Grey Literature (EAGLE).
    * clásico de la literatura = literary classic.
    * clasificación de la literatura narrativa = fiction classification.
    * crecimiento de la literatura = literature growth.
    * explosión de la literatura, la = literature explosion, the.
    * historia de la literatura = literary history.
    * libro de literatura no ficticia = non-fiction book.
    * literatura americana = American literature.
    * literatura barata = pulp fiction.
    * literatura científica = scientific literature, subject literature, scholarly literature.
    * literatura clásica = classical literature.
    * literatura de divulgación = reportage.
    * literatura de escape = escape literature.
    * literatura de evasión = escapist literature.
    * literatura de ficción = imaginative literature, imaginative writing.
    * literatura de imaginación = fiction.
    * literatura de medicina = medical literature.
    * literatura de no ficción = subject literature.
    * literatura de viajes = travel literature.
    * literatura fantástica = fantasy literature.
    * literatura folclórica = folk literature.
    * literatura gris = grey literature (GL).
    * literatura histórica = historic literature.
    * literatura infantil = kiddy lit(erature), children's literature, children's fiction.
    * literatura juvenil = juvenile fiction, young adult literature.
    * literatura médica = medical literature.
    * literatura narrativa = fiction, genre fiction.
    * literatura no ficticia = non-fiction [nonfiction], subject literature.
    * literatura para adolescentes = young adult fiction.
    * literatura para adultos = adult literature, adult fiction.
    * literatura popular = popular literature.
    * literatura profesional = literature, professional literature.
    * literatura propagandista = promotional literature.
    * literatura regional = regional literature.
    * literatura seriada = serial fiction.
    * literatura técnica = technical literature.
    * literatura tradicional = folk literature.
    * no amante de la literatura = non-literary.
    * obra de literatura = literary work.
    * obras de literatura = literary materials.
    * repaso de la literatura = information survey.
    * sección de literatura narrativa = fiction section.
    * SIGLE (Sistema de Información sobre Literatura Gris en Europa) = SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe).
    * teoría de la literatura = literary theory.
    * * *
    femenino literature
    * * *
    = literature, belles-lettres, literary studies.

    Ex: Hearing books read will then be the only way they can receive the great body of the best literature in their native tongue.

    Ex: The self help section that will include practical social information as well as belles-lettres.
    Ex: Linguistics and literary studies, like most of the other liberal arts, have undergone considerable changes since the 1960s.
    * amante de la literatura = literary.
    * apreciación de la literatura = literature appreciation.
    * Asociación Europea para la Literatura Gris (EAGLE) = European Association for Grey Literature (EAGLE).
    * clásico de la literatura = literary classic.
    * clasificación de la literatura narrativa = fiction classification.
    * crecimiento de la literatura = literature growth.
    * explosión de la literatura, la = literature explosion, the.
    * historia de la literatura = literary history.
    * libro de literatura no ficticia = non-fiction book.
    * literatura americana = American literature.
    * literatura barata = pulp fiction.
    * literatura científica = scientific literature, subject literature, scholarly literature.
    * literatura clásica = classical literature.
    * literatura de divulgación = reportage.
    * literatura de escape = escape literature.
    * literatura de evasión = escapist literature.
    * literatura de ficción = imaginative literature, imaginative writing.
    * literatura de imaginación = fiction.
    * literatura de medicina = medical literature.
    * literatura de no ficción = subject literature.
    * literatura de viajes = travel literature.
    * literatura fantástica = fantasy literature.
    * literatura folclórica = folk literature.
    * literatura gris = grey literature (GL).
    * literatura histórica = historic literature.
    * literatura infantil = kiddy lit(erature), children's literature, children's fiction.
    * literatura juvenil = juvenile fiction, young adult literature.
    * literatura médica = medical literature.
    * literatura narrativa = fiction, genre fiction.
    * literatura no ficticia = non-fiction [nonfiction], subject literature.
    * literatura para adolescentes = young adult fiction.
    * literatura para adultos = adult literature, adult fiction.
    * literatura popular = popular literature.
    * literatura profesional = literature, professional literature.
    * literatura propagandista = promotional literature.
    * literatura regional = regional literature.
    * literatura seriada = serial fiction.
    * literatura técnica = technical literature.
    * literatura tradicional = folk literature.
    * no amante de la literatura = non-literary.
    * obra de literatura = literary work.
    * obras de literatura = literary materials.
    * repaso de la literatura = information survey.
    * sección de literatura narrativa = fiction section.
    * SIGLE (Sistema de Información sobre Literatura Gris en Europa) = SIGLE (System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe).
    * teoría de la literatura = literary theory.

    * * *
    literature
    existe abundante literatura sobre el tema there is a wealth of literature on the subject
    en esta biblioteca escasea la literatura científica in this library there is a shortage of science books
    Compuestos:
    escapist literature
    fantasy
    juvenile books (pl) ( AmE), children's books (pl) ( BrE)
    romantic fiction, novelettes (pl)
    * * *

    literatura sustantivo femenino
    literature;

    literatura sustantivo femenino literature

    ' literatura' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    clásica
    - clásico
    - entendida
    - entendido
    - gusto
    - histórica
    - histórico
    - laguna
    - pirata
    - señera
    - señero
    - underground
    - vida
    - culto
    - de
    - infantil
    - latino
    English:
    letter
    - literature
    - modern
    - writing
    * * *
    1. [arte, obras] literature
    literatura comparada comparative literature;
    literatura fantástica fantasy (literature);
    2. [bibliografía] literature;
    hay mucha literatura sobre el periodo there's a lot of literature on the period
    * * *
    f literature
    * * *
    : literature
    * * *
    literatura n literature

    Spanish-English dictionary > literatura

  • 7 agua estancada

    f.
    stagnant water, standing water, backwater, slack water.
    * * *
    (n.) = stagnant backwater, backwater, stagnant water
    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex. In the next decade those libraries that adhere to traditionalism will become backwaters whereas those committed to meeting the expectations of their clientele will become leaders in the information world.
    Ex. Mud and stagnant water around the road medians was only one reason for the many accidents.
    * * *
    (n.) = stagnant backwater, backwater, stagnant water

    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

    Ex: In the next decade those libraries that adhere to traditionalism will become backwaters whereas those committed to meeting the expectations of their clientele will become leaders in the information world.
    Ex: Mud and stagnant water around the road medians was only one reason for the many accidents.

    Spanish-English dictionary > agua estancada

  • 8 argumento

    m.
    1 argument.
    un argumento a favor de/en contra de hacer algo an argument for/against doing something
    2 plot.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: argumentar.
    * * *
    1 argument
    2 (de novela, obra, etc) plot
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) argument, reasoning
    2) plot
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de razonamiento] argument tb Jur
    2) (Literat, Teat) plot; (TV etc) storyline

    argumento de la obra — plot summary, outline

    3) LAm (=discusión) argument, discussion, quarrel
    * * *
    a) ( razón) argument
    b) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line
    * * *
    = argument, contention, plot, point, thesis, storyline, thread, peg.
    Nota: En sentido figurado, razón o motivo utilizado como argumento para defender una actuación concreta.
    Ex. A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points in an argument.
    Ex. The main contentions are that it would serve both the long-term interests of authors and publishers and the interests of users of information.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.
    Ex. A praeses is a faculty moderator of an academic disputation, who normally proposes a thesis and participates in the ensuing disputation.
    Ex. Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.
    Ex. The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex. The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.
    ----
    * ambas partes del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * ambos lados del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * apoyar un argumento = support + contention.
    * argumento científico = scientific argument.
    * argumento comercial = business case.
    * argumento convincente = compelling argument.
    * argumento de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * argumento en contra = counter-argument [counterargument].
    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * argumento principal = main argument.
    * argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * argumentos = ammunition, ammo.
    * argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.
    * argumentos en contra = counter-evidence.
    * corroborar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * defender un argumento = support + view.
    * demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.
    * esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.
    * formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.
    * invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * rebatir un argumento = counter + argument.
    * respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.
    * respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * * *
    a) ( razón) argument
    b) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line
    * * *
    = argument, contention, plot, point, thesis, storyline, thread, peg.
    Nota: En sentido figurado, razón o motivo utilizado como argumento para defender una actuación concreta.

    Ex: A précis is an account which restricts itself to the essential points in an argument.

    Ex: The main contentions are that it would serve both the long-term interests of authors and publishers and the interests of users of information.
    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex: Parts of the abstract are written in the informative style, whilst those points which are of less significance are treated indicatively.
    Ex: A praeses is a faculty moderator of an academic disputation, who normally proposes a thesis and participates in the ensuing disputation.
    Ex: Yet the aficionado of romantic fiction will be able to distinguish with ease between the novels of two authors whose storylines seem, to the outsider, to be virtually identical.
    Ex: The thread linking these giants is the acknowledgement that libraries exist to serve their users.
    Ex: The concepts currently being floated by UNESCO are such as will make convenient pegs to hang pleas for resources for bibliographic and library development to national governments.
    * ambas partes del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * ambos lados del argumento = both sides of the fence.
    * apoyar + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * apoyar un argumento = support + contention.
    * argumento científico = scientific argument.
    * argumento comercial = business case.
    * argumento convincente = compelling argument.
    * argumento de venta = sales pitch, product pitch.
    * argumento en contra = counter-argument [counterargument].
    * argumento + girar en torno a = argument + revolve around.
    * argumento principal = main argument.
    * argumento que presenta los dos puntos de vista = two-sided argument.
    * argumento que presenta sólo un punto de vista = one-sided argument.
    * argumentos = ammunition, ammo.
    * argumentos a favor o en contra = arguments for (and/or) against.
    * argumentos en contra = counter-evidence.
    * corroborar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * defender + Posesivo + argumento = support + Posesivo + case, buttress + Posesivo + case.
    * defender un argumento = support + view.
    * demostrar el argumento de Uno = prove + Posesivo + point, prove + point, make + Posesivo + case.
    * demostrar un argumento = substantiate + claim.
    * encadenamiento de argumentos = threading.
    * esgrimir un argumento = put forward + argument.
    * formular un argumento = advance + argument, put forward + argument.
    * invalidar un argumento = invalidate + argument.
    * presentar argumentos a favor = make + a case for.
    * presentar argumentos a favor de = present + arguments in favour of.
    * presentar un argumento = advance + argument.
    * rebatir un argumento = counter + argument.
    * respaldar el argumento de uno = back up + story.
    * respaldar un argumento = back + Posesivo + argument, buttress + argument, buttress + Posesivo + case.

    * * *
    1 (razón) argument
    me dejó sin argumentos she demolished all my arguments
    esgrimió argumentos sólidos y convincentes he employed solid, convincing arguments
    2 ( Cin, Lit) plot, story line
    * * *

     

    Del verbo argumentar: ( conjugate argumentar)

    argumento es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    argumentó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    argumentar    
    argumento
    argumentar ( conjugate argumentar) verbo transitivo
    to argue
    argumento sustantivo masculino

    b) (Cin, Lit) plot, story line

    argumentar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to argue
    argumento sustantivo masculino
    1 (razonamiento) argument
    2 (trama) plot
    ' argumento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    absurda
    - absurdo
    - arma
    - base
    - confusa
    - confuso
    - consistente
    - débil
    - densidad
    - desmontar
    - disuasiva
    - disuasivo
    - disuasoria
    - disuasorio
    - esgrimir
    - exposición
    - hilo
    - inconsistente
    - mala
    - malo
    - oponer
    - peso
    - razón
    - risa
    - seguir
    - simplón
    - simplona
    - socorrida
    - socorrido
    - solidez
    - sutil
    - vigente
    - consistencia
    - contradecir
    - contundente
    - embrollo
    - estúpido
    - fundar
    - pobre
    - raciocinio
    - rebuscado
    - resumir
    - retorcido
    - sólido
    - sostener
    - verosímil
    English:
    acknowledge
    - argument
    - bogus
    - case
    - clever
    - cogent
    - contest
    - core
    - demolish
    - devastating
    - follow
    - forceful
    - impress
    - lame
    - leg
    - pith
    - plot
    - point
    - powerful
    - reasonable
    - shrewd
    - side
    - sound
    - stand up
    - state
    - story
    - story-line
    - take apart
    - telling
    - tenuous
    - thread
    - valid
    - weak
    - weakness
    - wishy-washy
    - woolly
    - wooly
    * * *
    1. [razonamiento] argument
    2. [trama] plot
    * * *
    m
    1 razón argument
    2 de libro, película etc plot
    * * *
    1) : argument, reasoning
    2) : plot, story line
    * * *
    1. (razonamiento) argument
    2. (tema de película, etc) plot

    Spanish-English dictionary > argumento

  • 9 callejón sin salida

    cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley
    * * *
    a) ( calle) dead end, blind alley
    b) ( situación desesperada): el gobierno se encuentra en un callejón sin salida the government can't see its way out of its present situation
    * * *
    (n.) = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff
    Ex. It is of course possible to stamp 'Withdrawn' on the accessions card, but it would be better not to lead the reader up this blind alley if it can be avoided.
    Ex. The catch 22 aspect of this attempt to reconcile the needs of research and nonresearch libraries is that our central cataloging agency, the Library of Congress (LC), does not provide dual cataloging copy.
    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex. Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.
    Ex. This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.
    Ex. By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.
    Ex. A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.
    * * *
    a) ( calle) dead end, blind alley
    b) ( situación desesperada): el gobierno se encuentra en un callejón sin salida the government can't see its way out of its present situation
    * * *
    (n.) = blind alley, catch 22, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, dead end street, deadlock, standoff

    Ex: It is of course possible to stamp 'Withdrawn' on the accessions card, but it would be better not to lead the reader up this blind alley if it can be avoided.

    Ex: The catch 22 aspect of this attempt to reconcile the needs of research and nonresearch libraries is that our central cataloging agency, the Library of Congress (LC), does not provide dual cataloging copy.
    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    Ex: Shannon's approach proved something of a dead end.
    Ex: This apparent impasse between what we may want to communicate and the way we communicate is resolved by separating the content of information from its representation.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The Internet: superhighways, virtual alleys and dead end streets'.
    Ex: By doing so, they could help break a deadlock that seems to have paralyzed cooperative effort in Britain.
    Ex: A 12-hour standoff ended with a man lobbing Molotov cocktails at police before taking his own life rather than vacate a home he'd lost to foreclosure.

    * * *
    blind alley; fig
    dead end

    Spanish-English dictionary > callejón sin salida

  • 10 escapismo

    m.
    escapism.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino escapism
    * * *
    Ex. Some critics of romantic fiction claim that escapism can be a dangerous thing and condemn this genre for that reason.
    * * *
    masculino escapism
    * * *

    Ex: Some critics of romantic fiction claim that escapism can be a dangerous thing and condemn this genre for that reason.

    * * *
    escapism
    * * *

    escapismo sustantivo masculino
    escapism
    * * *
    1. [magia] escapology
    2. [de problemas, realidad] escapism
    * * *
    : escapism

    Spanish-English dictionary > escapismo

  • 11 historia de detectives

    Ex. If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.
    * * *

    Ex: If no such standards can be observed then, it would seem, romantic fiction along with westerns and detective stories must be regarded as some sort of cul-de-sac and rather stagnant backwater quite separate from the main stream of 'literature'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > historia de detectives

  • 12 infinitamente

    adv.
    infinitely, immensely.
    * * *
    1 infinitely
    * * *

    te lo agradeceré infinitamente — I'd be deeply o immensely grateful to you

    * * *
    adverbio infinitely

    te lo agradezco infinitamente — I'm deeply o infinitely grateful to you

    * * *
    = endlessly, in perpetuity.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex. Image degradation is no longer a threat and the original can be reproduced in perpetuity with no loss of image quality.
    ----
    * infinitamente + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo, endlessly + Adjetivo.
    * * *
    adverbio infinitely

    te lo agradezco infinitamente — I'm deeply o infinitely grateful to you

    * * *
    = endlessly, in perpetuity.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.

    Ex: Image degradation is no longer a threat and the original can be reproduced in perpetuity with no loss of image quality.
    * infinitamente + Adjetivo = infinitely + Adjetivo, endlessly + Adjetivo.

    * * *
    infinitely
    te lo agradezco infinitamente I'm deeply o infinitely grateful to you
    siento infinitamente no haber podido asistir a la ceremonia I'm terribly o awfully sorry not to have been able to attend the ceremony
    es infinitamente superior it is infinitely o vastly superior
    * * *

    infinitamente adverbio
    1 Mat infinitely
    2 (muchísimo) exceedingly, infinitely: esta leche es infinitamente mejor que la que compras tú, this milk is infinitely better than the one you buy
    ' infinitamente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    infinitely
    - vastly
    * * *
    infinitely;
    es infinitamente mejor it's infinitely better;
    siento infinitamente que no puedas ir I'm extremely sorry that you can't go;
    les estoy infinitamente agradecido I'm extremely grateful to them

    Spanish-English dictionary > infinitamente

  • 13 infinitamente + Adjetivo

    (n.) = infinitely + Adjetivo, endlessly + Adjetivo
    Ex. A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book romantic fiction we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    * * *
    (n.) = infinitely + Adjetivo, endlessly + Adjetivo

    Ex: A reason for this can be found in the tangled web of social services and welfare provisions that prevail in the United States and which are infinitely more complicated than in Britain.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book romantic fiction we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.

    Spanish-English dictionary > infinitamente + Adjetivo

  • 14 interminablemente

    adv.
    interminably, ad nauseam, everlastingly, endlessly.
    * * *
    1 interminably
    * * *
    ADV endlessly, interminably
    * * *
    = endlessly, on and on, interminably.
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    Ex. He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
    Ex. Also unfortunately common is the lonely soul who visits interminably with whomever is on the desk -- and occasionally with other readers.
    * * *
    = endlessly, on and on, interminably.

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.

    Ex: He glanced casually at the ill-balanced frontages of the buildings ahead that stretched on and on until they melded in an indistinguishable mass of gray at Laurence Street.
    Ex: Also unfortunately common is the lonely soul who visits interminably with whomever is on the desk -- and occasionally with other readers.

    * * *
    interminably, endlessly
    * * *
    endlessly

    Spanish-English dictionary > interminablemente

  • 15 mantener separado

    v.
    to keep separate, to fend off.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep apart
    Ex. Overall, romantic fiction novels are still kept apart from conventional novels.
    * * *
    (v.) = keep apart

    Ex: Overall, romantic fiction novels are still kept apart from conventional novels.

    Spanish-English dictionary > mantener separado

  • 16 no entendido por la materia

    (adj.) = outsider
    Ex. If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.
    * * *
    (adj.) = outsider

    Ex: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.

    Spanish-English dictionary > no entendido por la materia

  • 17 novela contemporánea

    Ex. In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
    * * *

    Ex: In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela contemporánea

  • 18 novela sobre hospitales

    Ex. In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.
    * * *

    Ex: In all, the specialist world of romantic fiction is by no means homogeneous and there is even specialism in contemporary romance, historical romance, hospital romance and mystery romance.

    Spanish-English dictionary > novela sobre hospitales

  • 19 peniques

    m.pl.
    pence.
    * * *
    (n.) = pence [penny, -sing.]
    Ex. Clearly, then, there are many people (almost all women) who not only want to read this new romantic fiction, but who feel it is worth spending (at present) 75 pence a copy to buy the 192-page book.
    * * *
    (n.) = pence [penny, -sing.]

    Ex: Clearly, then, there are many people (almost all women) who not only want to read this new romantic fiction, but who feel it is worth spending (at present) 75 pence a copy to buy the 192-page book.

    Spanish-English dictionary > peniques

  • 20 previsible

    adj.
    foreseeable.
    * * *
    1 foreseeable
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ foreseeable, predictable
    * * *
    adjetivo foreseeable
    * * *
    = foreseeable, predictable, predictably + Adjetivo, anticipated.
    Ex. At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers.
    Ex. This pricing strategy maybe attractive to both users and database producers, both of whom have the security of a predictable and once-only financial transaction.
    Ex. Romantic fiction, normally regarded as being novels written for a female readership only, is noteworthy for its limited range of plots, its easily recognisable characterisation and its predictably happy endings.
    Ex. The order of subjects must be systematic and generally acceptable to the anticipated users of the index or collection.
    ----
    * conseguir Algo en contra de lo previsible = beat + the odds.
    * de manera previsible = predictably.
    * futuro previsible = foreseeable future.
    * imprevisible = unforeseeable.
    * lograr Algo en contra de lo previsible = beat + the odds.
    * * *
    adjetivo foreseeable
    * * *
    = foreseeable, predictable, predictably + Adjetivo, anticipated.

    Ex: At the end of the day, the greatest need for the foreseeable future remains space for books and ordinary readers.

    Ex: This pricing strategy maybe attractive to both users and database producers, both of whom have the security of a predictable and once-only financial transaction.
    Ex: Romantic fiction, normally regarded as being novels written for a female readership only, is noteworthy for its limited range of plots, its easily recognisable characterisation and its predictably happy endings.
    Ex: The order of subjects must be systematic and generally acceptable to the anticipated users of the index or collection.
    * conseguir Algo en contra de lo previsible = beat + the odds.
    * de manera previsible = predictably.
    * futuro previsible = foreseeable future.
    * imprevisible = unforeseeable.
    * lograr Algo en contra de lo previsible = beat + the odds.

    * * *
    foreseeable
    * * *

    previsible adjetivo
    foreseeable
    previsible adjetivo predictable
    ' previsible' also found in these entries:
    English:
    foreseeable
    - predictable
    - predictably
    * * *
    foreseeable;
    era previsible que acabara cayéndose it was only to be expected that she would end up falling
    * * *
    adj foreseeable
    * * *
    : foreseeable

    Spanish-English dictionary > previsible

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