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running rampant

  • 1 dispararse

    1 (arma) to go off, fire; (despertador) to go off
    2 figurado (correr) to dash off, rush off
    3 figurado (precios) to shoot up
    4 figurado (saltar fuera de razón) to blow up, explode
    * * *
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [arma de fuego] to go off, fire
    2) [alarma] to go off
    3) [consumo, precios, inflación] to shoot up, rocket
    4) [pánico, violencia] to take hold
    5) [al hablar] to get carried away *
    6) LAm (=marcharse) to rush off, shoot off *
    * * *
    = astronomically, soar, astronomical, go + ballistic, spiral, skyrocket, be on the rampant, rise + sharply, go into + overdrive, spike, run + rampant, grow + rampant.
    Ex. The costs of any labor-intensive activity -- and maintenance of a card catalog is certainly labor-intensive -- are rising astronomically.
    Ex. With manuscript prices soaring on the open market, the government has introduced tax incentives to encourage donations.
    Ex. Much grumbling is currently heard among librarians about how they simply can no longer afford such and such indexing and abstracting services because the price is astronomical = Actualmente se oyen muchas quejas entre los bibliotecarios de cómo ya no pueden seguir permitiéndose tal o cual base de datos bibliográfica debido a que su precio es astronómico.
    Ex. Reducing demand and converting to alternative sources of energy are necessary steps toward accepting the reality of a natural increase in the price of petroleum, which is likely to go ballistic in the next ten years.
    Ex. Hospital admissions doubled, out patient services quintupled, dental services quadrupled, and hospital births spiraled.
    Ex. The amount and value of information has skyrocketed.
    Ex. Due to the ever increasing use of email, viruses are on the rampant.
    Ex. The number of Japanese people killing themselves in suicide pacts made over the internet rose sharply last year.
    Ex. If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    Ex. Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    Ex. You must have heard about identity theft -- it has grown rampant and you need to protect yourself from this identity crime.
    ----
    * costes + dispararse = costs + spiral.
    * dispararse de = shoot out of.
    * dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.
    * precio + dispararse = price + spiral out of control, price + go through the roof, price + soar through the roof.
    * precios + dispararse = prices + spiral.
    * * *
    = astronomically, soar, astronomical, go + ballistic, spiral, skyrocket, be on the rampant, rise + sharply, go into + overdrive, spike, run + rampant, grow + rampant.

    Ex: The costs of any labor-intensive activity -- and maintenance of a card catalog is certainly labor-intensive -- are rising astronomically.

    Ex: With manuscript prices soaring on the open market, the government has introduced tax incentives to encourage donations.
    Ex: Much grumbling is currently heard among librarians about how they simply can no longer afford such and such indexing and abstracting services because the price is astronomical = Actualmente se oyen muchas quejas entre los bibliotecarios de cómo ya no pueden seguir permitiéndose tal o cual base de datos bibliográfica debido a que su precio es astronómico.
    Ex: Reducing demand and converting to alternative sources of energy are necessary steps toward accepting the reality of a natural increase in the price of petroleum, which is likely to go ballistic in the next ten years.
    Ex: Hospital admissions doubled, out patient services quintupled, dental services quadrupled, and hospital births spiraled.
    Ex: The amount and value of information has skyrocketed.
    Ex: Due to the ever increasing use of email, viruses are on the rampant.
    Ex: The number of Japanese people killing themselves in suicide pacts made over the internet rose sharply last year.
    Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.
    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    Ex: You must have heard about identity theft -- it has grown rampant and you need to protect yourself from this identity crime.
    * costes + dispararse = costs + spiral.
    * dispararse de = shoot out of.
    * dispararse fuera de control = spiral + out of control.
    * precio + dispararse = price + spiral out of control, price + go through the roof, price + soar through the roof.
    * precios + dispararse = prices + spiral.

    * * *

    ■dispararse verbo reflexivo
    1 (una pistola) to go off, fire
    2 (los precios) to rocket
    ' dispararse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    disparar
    English:
    rocket
    - shoot up
    - soar
    - bang
    - explode
    - go
    - shoot
    - spiral
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [arma, alarma, flash] to go off;
    se le disparó el arma his gun went off
    2. [precios, inflación] to shoot up
    3. [precipitarse] [persona] to rush off;
    [caballo] to bolt
    * * *
    v/r
    1 de arma, alarma go off
    2 de precios rise dramatically, rocket fam
    * * *
    vr
    : to shoot up, to skyrocket
    * * *
    1. (arma, alarma) to go off
    2. (precios, etc) to shoot up [pt. & pp. shot]

    Spanish-English dictionary > dispararse

  • 2 desbocarse

    pron.v.
    to bolt (horse).
    * * *
    1 (caballo) to run away, bolt
    2 (una prenda) to tear open
    3 figurado (persona) to blow up, let out a stream of abuse
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=descontrolarse) [caballo] to bolt; [multitud] to run riot, get out of control
    2) [vestido, jersey] to go baggy
    3) [persona] (=insultar) to let out a stream of insults
    * * *
    verbo pronominal caballo to bolt
    * * *
    = be on the rampant, run + rampant.
    Ex. Due to the ever increasing use of email, viruses are on the rampant.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal caballo to bolt
    * * *
    = be on the rampant, run + rampant.

    Ex: Due to the ever increasing use of email, viruses are on the rampant.

    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *

    desbocarse ( conjugate desbocarse) verbo pronominal [ caballo] to bolt
    ■desbocarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (caballo) to bolt, run away
    2 (el cuello, las mangas) to stretch
    ' desbocarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bolt
    * * *
    1. [caballo] to bolt
    2. [inflación, tasa de desempleo] to soar, to get out of control
    3. [persona] to let out a stream of abuse
    4. [prenda de vestir] to pull out of shape
    * * *
    v/r de caballo bolt
    * * *
    desbocarse {72} vr
    : to run away, to bolt

    Spanish-English dictionary > desbocarse

  • 3 desenfrenarse

    1 figurado to let loose, go wild
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=desmandarse) [persona] to lose all self-control; [multitud] to run riot
    2) (Meteo) [tempestad] to burst; [viento] to rage
    * * *
    = be on the rampant, run + wild, run + rampant.
    Ex. Due to the ever increasing use of email, viruses are on the rampant.
    Ex. Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    = be on the rampant, run + wild, run + rampant.

    Ex: Due to the ever increasing use of email, viruses are on the rampant.

    Ex: Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.
    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *
    to lose one's self-control, let one's feelings run wild
    * * *
    vpr
    [persona] to lose one's self-control
    * * *
    v/r de persona lose control

    Spanish-English dictionary > desenfrenarse

  • 4 desmadrarse

    1 familiar figurado to go wild
    * * *
    verbo pronominal (fam) persona to go wild (colloq), to get out of hand
    * * *
    = run + riot, run + rampant.
    Ex. Most kids these days are not scared of a telling off and they are running riot.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal (fam) persona to go wild (colloq), to get out of hand
    * * *
    = run + riot, run + rampant.

    Ex: Most kids these days are not scared of a telling off and they are running riot.

    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *
    ( fam); «persona» to go wild ( colloq), to get out of hand
    * * *

    desmadrarse ( conjugate desmadrarse) verbo pronominal (fam) [ persona] to go wild (colloq)
    desmadrarse vr fam to go wild
    ' desmadrarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    riot
    * * *
    vpr
    Esp to go wild
    * * *
    v/r fam
    run wild

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmadrarse

  • 5 desmandarse

    pron.v.
    1 to be disobedient.
    2 to get out of hand.
    * * *
    1 (descomedirse) to rebel, misbehave, get out of hand
    2 (animal) to stray from the herd; (caballo) to bolt
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=descontrolarse) to get out of hand
    2) [caballo] to bolt, run away
    * * *
    verbo pronominal niños/tropas to get out of control o hand
    * * *
    = go + too far, run + riot, run + rampant.
    Ex. He argues that some of the laws being proposed go too far in restricting rights.
    Ex. Most kids these days are not scared of a telling off and they are running riot.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal niños/tropas to get out of control o hand
    * * *
    = go + too far, run + riot, run + rampant.

    Ex: He argues that some of the laws being proposed go too far in restricting rights.

    Ex: Most kids these days are not scared of a telling off and they are running riot.
    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *
    no se le desmanda ningún alumno none of his pupils dares disobey him o get out of hand
    se le desmandaron las tropas the troops rebelled against him, he lost control of the troops
    el caballo se le desmandó he lost control of the horse
    * * *

    desmandarse ( conjugate desmandarse) verbo pronominal [niños/tropas] to get out of control o hand
    * * *
    [descontrolarse] to get out of control;
    enseguida se le desmanda la clase he immediately loses control of the class;
    se le desmandaron algunas ovejas a few of his sheep went astray
    * * *
    v/r de animal break loose
    * * *
    : to behave badly, to get out of hand

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmandarse

  • 6 proliferar

    v.
    1 to proliferate.
    Las plantas sanas proliferan Healthy plants proliferate.
    2 to be widespread, to run rampant, to proliferate.
    Las enfermedades proliferan Diseases are widespread.
    3 to proliferate to.
    Nos proliferaron los problemas Problems proliferated to us.
    * * *
    1 to proliferate
    * * *
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to proliferate, spread
    * * *
    = become + plentiful, proliferate, mushroom, run + rampant, buzz with.
    Ex. Written substantiation of this belief, from a wide variety of points of view, has become plentiful in the 1970s.
    Ex. During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.
    Ex. The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    Ex. The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to proliferate, spread
    * * *
    = become + plentiful, proliferate, mushroom, run + rampant, buzz with.

    Ex: Written substantiation of this belief, from a wide variety of points of view, has become plentiful in the 1970s.

    Ex: During the last twenty years the variety of approaches to the organisation of knowledge has proliferated with the introduction of computer-based methods.
    Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    Ex: The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.

    * * *
    proliferar [A1 ]
    vi
    to proliferate, spread
    * * *

    proliferar ( conjugate proliferar) verbo intransitivo
    to proliferate, spread
    proliferar verbo intransitivo to proliferate, spread
    ' proliferar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rampant
    - proliferate
    * * *
    to proliferate
    * * *
    v/i proliferate
    * * *
    : to proliferate

    Spanish-English dictionary > proliferar

  • 7 descontrolarse

    pron.v.
    1 to lose control.
    2 to blow one's top, to go up the wall (enojarse).
    3 to go out of control, to run wild.
    4 to freak out, to lose control.
    * * *
    1 (persona) to lose control; (avión etc) to go out of control
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (=perder control) to get out of control, go wild
    2) * (=enojarse) to blow one's top *, go up the wall *
    * * *
    verbo pronominal to get out of control
    * * *
    = run + wild, get out of + control, go + wild, run + rampant.
    Ex. Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.
    Ex. Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.
    Ex. Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    verbo pronominal to get out of control
    * * *
    = run + wild, get out of + control, go + wild, run + rampant.

    Ex: Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.

    Ex: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.
    Ex: Our imagination went wild, because we didn't want death to be the end, we wanted to keep on living on familiar grounds, and most of all, we didn't want to be alone.
    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *
    to get out of control o out of hand
    * * *

    descontrolarse ( conjugate descontrolarse) verbo pronominal
    to get out of control
    ■descontrolarse verbo reflexivo to lose control
    ' descontrolarse' also found in these entries:
    English:
    control
    - riot
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [automóvil, inflación] to go out of control
    2. [persona] to lose control;
    Fam [desmadrarse] to go wild, to go over the top
    * * *
    v/r get out of control; ( enojarse) lose control
    * * *
    : to get out of control, to be out of hand

    Spanish-English dictionary > descontrolarse

  • 8 multiplicarse

    1 (reproducirse) to multiply
    2 figurado (atender a todo) to be everywhere at the same time
    * * *
    VPR
    1) (Mat, Bio) to multiply; (=aumentar) to increase, multiply
    2) [persona] to be everywhere at once

    no puedo multiplicarme — I can't be in half a dozen places at once, I've only got one pair of hands

    * * *
    (v.) = mushroom, run + rampant
    Ex. The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    (v.) = mushroom, run + rampant

    Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.

    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *

    ■multiplicarse verbo reflexivo to multiply: se multiplicaron las posibilidades de que fracasáramos, our chances of failing were multiplying
    ¿Cómo se dice 2 x 4 = 8?
    Two fours are eight.
    Two multiplied by four is/makes/equals eight.
    What's two times four?
    ' multiplicarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    multiplicar
    English:
    multiply
    - proliferate
    - mushroom
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [reproducirse] to multiply
    2. [incrementarse] to increase rapidly;
    se han multiplicado los robos en la zona there has been a rapid rise in the number of burglaries in the area
    3. [desdoblarse] to attend to lots of things at the same time;
    se multiplicó para atender a todo el mundo she ran around all over the place trying to attend to everyone
    * * *
    v/r multiply
    * * *
    vr
    : to multiply, to reproduce

    Spanish-English dictionary > multiplicarse

  • 9 pulular

    v.
    1 to swarm.
    2 to pullulate, to swarm, to teem.
    * * *
    1 to swarm
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=bullir) to swarm ( por around)

    los turistas pululan por el vestíbulo del hotel — the tourists are swarming around the hotel lobby, the hotel lobby is throbbing o swarming with tourists

    2) (=abundar) to swarm (de with)

    aquí pululan los mosquitos — this place is teeming o swarming with mosquitoes

    2.
    VT LAm to infest, overrun
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( bullir) muchedumbre to mill around
    b) ( abundar)

    aquí pululan los rateros — this place is teeming o crawling with pickpockets

    * * *
    = buzz with, mill around, run + rampant.
    Ex. The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.
    Ex. The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex. While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    a) ( bullir) muchedumbre to mill around
    b) ( abundar)

    aquí pululan los rateros — this place is teeming o crawling with pickpockets

    * * *
    = buzz with, mill around, run + rampant.

    Ex: The entire USA has begun to buzz with discusions on making this way of doing business the rule rather than the exception of 21st century life.

    Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.
    Ex: While inflation was running rampant during the Trudeau years, that was the pattern in most countries in the world including the USA.

    * * *
    pulular [A1 ]
    vi
    1 (bullir) «muchedumbre» to mill around
    2
    (abundar): aquí pululan los mosquitos en verano it's swarming with mosquitos here in the summer
    aquí pululan los rateros this place is teeming o crawling with pickpockets
    * * *

    pulular ( conjugate pulular) verbo intransitivo

    b) ( abundar):


    pulular verbo intransitivo to swarm around: la gente pululaba alrededor del famoso novelista, the people swarmed around the famous novelist
    ' pulular' also found in these entries:
    English:
    mill about
    - mill around
    - swarm
    * * *
    1. [insectos] to swarm
    2. [personas] to mill around;
    miles de turistas pululaban por el centro de la ciudad Br the city centre o US downtown was swarming with thousands of tourists
    * * *
    v/i mill around
    * * *
    abundar: to abound, to swarm
    en el río pululan los peces: the river is teeming with fish

    Spanish-English dictionary > pulular

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