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  • 101 barra de pan

    loaf of bread
    * * *
    (n.) = loaf of bread, loaf, French bread
    Ex. You walk into your neighborhood supermarket and buy a loaf of crumby packaged bread and you take it home after having paid good money for it.
    Ex. The same line was assumed by former Secretary of State Colin Powell quoted as saying 'better for Chinese citizens to get 95% of the loaf' than nothing at all'.
    Ex. Aspects of deep-freezing of bakery products, including French bread and croissants, are discussed, covering freezing rate and method of thawing.
    * * *
    (n.) = loaf of bread, loaf, French bread

    Ex: You walk into your neighborhood supermarket and buy a loaf of crumby packaged bread and you take it home after having paid good money for it.

    Ex: The same line was assumed by former Secretary of State Colin Powell quoted as saying 'better for Chinese citizens to get 95% of the loaf' than nothing at all'.
    Ex: Aspects of deep-freezing of bakery products, including French bread and croissants, are discussed, covering freezing rate and method of thawing.

    * * *
    baguette

    Spanish-English dictionary > barra de pan

  • 102 besarle el culo a Alguien

    (v.) = kiss + Posesivo + butt
    Ex. McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.
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    (v.) = kiss + Posesivo + butt

    Ex: McCain also lashed out at evangelicals in 2000 and now he's kissing their butt saying he's a Baptist.

    Spanish-English dictionary > besarle el culo a Alguien

  • 103 besuqueo

    m.
    1 smooching (informal).
    2 kissing, smooching, necking, canoodling.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: besuquear.
    * * *
    1 smooching, necking, snogging
    * * *
    Ex. Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.
    * * *

    Ex: Sometime back a heroine created a ruckus by saying that the actor acted fresh with her by biting her lips in a smooching scene.

    * * *
    kissing and cuddling, necking ( colloq)
    * * *
    Fam smooching
    * * *
    m fam
    necking, Br fam
    snogging

    Spanish-English dictionary > besuqueo

  • 104 blasfemar

    v.
    1 to blaspheme (religion).
    2 to swear, to curse.
    3 to blaspheme against.
    Nos blasfema Pepe Pepe blasphemes against us.
    * * *
    1 (contra Dios) to blaspheme ( contra, against)
    2 (decir palabrotas) to swear, curse
    * * *
    verb
    2) curse, swear
    * * *
    VI
    1) (Rel) to blaspheme ( contra against)
    2) (=decir tacos) to curse, swear
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to blaspheme
    * * *
    = swear, speak + angry words.
    Ex. He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.
    Ex. If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo to blaspheme
    * * *
    = swear, speak + angry words.

    Ex: He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.

    Ex: If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.

    * * *
    blasfemar [A1 ]
    vi
    to blaspheme
    * * *

    blasfemar verbo intransitivo to blaspheme [contra/de, against]
    ' blasfemar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    maldecir
    - renegar
    * * *
    1. Rel to blaspheme ( contra against)
    2. [maldecir] to swear, to curse;
    blasfemaba de todos los que le habían traicionado he cursed everyone who had betrayed him
    * * *
    v/i
    1 ( maldecir) curse, swear
    2 REL blaspheme
    * * *
    : to blaspheme

    Spanish-English dictionary > blasfemar

  • 105 bobadas

    f.pl.
    bunkum, tripe, balderdash, tommyrot.
    * * *
    = buncombe, bunkum, bunk.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    * * *
    = buncombe, bunkum, bunk.

    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.

    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.

    * * *
    bobadas npl nonsense

    Spanish-English dictionary > bobadas

  • 106 bromista

    adj.
    1 joker.
    2 fond of teasing, waggish, fond of joking, teasing.
    f. & m.
    wisecracker, teaser, joker, jester.
    * * *
    1 fond of joking
    1 joker
    * * *
    noun mf.
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ

    es muy bromista — he's full of jokes, he's a great one for jokes

    2.
    SMF (=chistoso) joker; (=gracioso) practical joker, leg-puller *
    * * *
    I II
    masculino y femenino joker
    * * *
    = wag, joker, pranker, prankster, tease, joky [jokey].
    Nota: Comparativo jokier y superlativo jokiest.
    Ex. As one wag quipped, 'She came here saying that she never met a person she didn't like -- then she met Tilly the Hun!'.
    Ex. However, it is concluded that sociology's role as an 'undisciplined joker' in the scientific realm may itself have value.
    Ex. The article 'What a bunch of prankers!' describes some of the hoaxes perpetrated on the World Wide Web (WWW) and demonstrates the ease with which people can be fooled some of the time.
    Ex. The author describes the story made up by a prankster about a crocodile eating a golfer in Florida.
    Ex. Pixie is introduced as a precocious character who is impatient with other people, a tease, and a mimic.
    Ex. However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.
    * * *
    I II
    masculino y femenino joker
    * * *
    = wag, joker, pranker, prankster, tease, joky [jokey].
    Nota: Comparativo jokier y superlativo jokiest.

    Ex: As one wag quipped, 'She came here saying that she never met a person she didn't like -- then she met Tilly the Hun!'.

    Ex: However, it is concluded that sociology's role as an 'undisciplined joker' in the scientific realm may itself have value.
    Ex: The article 'What a bunch of prankers!' describes some of the hoaxes perpetrated on the World Wide Web (WWW) and demonstrates the ease with which people can be fooled some of the time.
    Ex: The author describes the story made up by a prankster about a crocodile eating a golfer in Florida.
    Ex: Pixie is introduced as a precocious character who is impatient with other people, a tease, and a mimic.
    Ex: However, his attempt to make cultural and social history more accessible to a wider audience by adopting a homey, jokey style often seems counterproductive.

    * * *
    es muy bromista he's always joking
    ¡qué bromista eres! you're such a joker
    joker
    * * *

    bromista adjetivo:

    ¡qué bromista eres! you're such a joker
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    joker
    bromista
    I adjetivo fond of joking o playing jokes
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino joker, prankster

    ' bromista' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    graciosa
    - gracioso
    - fama
    - guasón
    English:
    facetious
    - joker
    - quipster
    - tease
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    ser muy bromista to be a real joker
    ♦ nmf
    joker
    * * *
    I adj
    :
    es muy bromista he loves a joke
    II m/f joker
    * * *
    : fun-loving, joking
    : joker, prankster
    * * *
    bromista n joker

    Spanish-English dictionary > bromista

  • 107 burdel

    m.
    brothel.
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    1 brothel
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    masculino brothel
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    = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse], bordello.
    Ex. And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.
    Ex. The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.
    Ex. Theatres, cafés, cabarets, bars, bordellos, carnival fairs and the gutter. were the places where the artist found his subject matter.
    * * *
    masculino brothel
    * * *
    = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse], bordello.

    Ex: And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.

    Ex: The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.
    Ex: Theatres, cafés, cabarets, bars, bordellos, carnival fairs and the gutter. were the places where the artist found his subject matter.

    * * *
    brothel
    * * *

    burdel sustantivo masculino
    brothel
    burdel sustantivo masculino brothel
    ' burdel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    serrallo
    - bulín
    English:
    bordel
    - bordello
    - brothel
    * * *
    burdel nm
    brothel
    * * *
    m brothel
    * * *
    burdel nm
    : brothel, whorehouse

    Spanish-English dictionary > burdel

  • 108 cae

    f.
    1 CAE, Economic Commission of the Senate.
    2 ASHD, arteriosclerotic cardiopathy.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: caer.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: caer.
    * * *
    ----
    * se cae de su peso que = it goes without saying that.
    * * *
    * se cae de su peso que = it goes without saying that.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cae

  • 109 cagueta

    adj.
    chicken, cowardly (informal).
    f. & m.
    chicken, coward.
    * * *
    1 familiar chicken, coward
    * * *
    = wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    = wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    ( fam o vulg); wimpish ( colloq), wet ( BrE colloq)
    ( fam o vulg)
    wimp ( colloq)
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    chicken, cowardly
    ♦ nmf
    chicken, coward
    * * *
    m/f fam
    chicken fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cagueta

  • 110 cancelar una reunión

    (v.) = call off + meeting
    Ex. According to a Japanese government minister, the North Koreans called off the meeting saying they were not ready.
    * * *
    (v.) = call off + meeting

    Ex: According to a Japanese government minister, the North Koreans called off the meeting saying they were not ready.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cancelar una reunión

  • 111 casa de putas

    (vulg) whorehouse (vulg)
    * * *
    (n.) = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse]
    Ex. And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.
    Ex. The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.
    * * *
    (vulg) whorehouse (vulg)
    * * *
    (n.) = brothel, bawdy house [bawdyhouse]

    Ex: And there was the curious behaviour of Plantin's compositor Michel Mayer, who in June 1564 spent Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in a brothel, then packed his things and left the establishment without saying a word to anyone.

    Ex: The author describes the cowboys, barrooms, variety theaters, and bawdy houses and their patrons in an attempt to separate historical reality from local myth.

    * * *
    brothel

    Spanish-English dictionary > casa de putas

  • 112 causar una primera impresión

    (v.) = make + a first impression
    Ex. According to an old saying, you never get a second chance to make a first impression.
    * * *
    (v.) = make + a first impression

    Ex: According to an old saying, you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

    Spanish-English dictionary > causar una primera impresión

  • 113 censurar

    v.
    1 to censor.
    El gobierno censuró la información The government censored the information
    2 to criticize severely, to censure.
    El público censuró la película The public censured the film.
    La editorial censuró la novela The publisher bowdlerized the novel.
    * * *
    1 to censor
    2 (criticar) to censure, criticize
    * * *
    verb
    2) censure, criticize
    * * *
    VT
    1) (Pol) to censor
    2) [+ obra, película] to censor
    3) (=criticar) to censure frm, criticize
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.
    Ex. The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.
    Ex. Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex. Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex. By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex. In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex. In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex. Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex. Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex. This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex. Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex. But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex. The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex. Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex. The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex. The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex. Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter.
    Ex. The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex. What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    ----
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo
    a) ( reprobar) to censure (frml), to condemn
    b) <libro/película> to censor, <escena/párrafo> to cut
    * * *
    = censor, decry, denounce, rebuke, deprecate, castigate, chide, sanitise [sanitize, -USA], censure, indict, bleep, damn, recreminate, reprove, reproach, redact, roast, give + Nombre + a good roasting.

    Ex: The LC cataloging made no mention of the fact that this book had been severely censored.

    Ex: Dick decried the feeling among some scholarly publishers that there is no link between scholarly researchers, publishers, and the library.
    Ex: Some of the rules were imposed on Panizzi by the Trustees of the British Museum, and Panizzi could only join his critics in denouncing those rules, such as the rules for entry of anonymous publications.
    Ex: By this later period pressmen in England were despised as mere 'horses', the 'great guzzlers of beer' who were rebuked by the young Benjamin Franklin for their mindless intemperance.
    Ex: In these instances, it is important to avoid putting one's colleagues in another unit on the defensive or deprecating another unit to a patron.
    Ex: In his report, one of the few really inspiring documents to have come out of librarianship, McColvin castigated the standards of cataloguing and classification he found.
    Ex: Some authors of papers lament the lack of a philosophy and gently chide librarians for the 'simplicity of their pragmatism'.
    Ex: Attempts to sanitize the web will be as futile as any attempt to sanitize the private speech of all citizens.
    Ex: This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = Este acuerdo debe incorporar incentivos para las bibliotecas participantes así cómo la forma de llamarle la atención a aquellos participantes que no cumplan sus obligaciones con las otras bibliotecas de la red.
    Ex: Another problem with the statistical analysis used to indict this and similar schools was the sample.
    Ex: But they bleep the second syllable, not the first, so that instead of [bleep]hole, you get ass[bleep] time after time.
    Ex: The play is damned by the critics but packs in the crowds and the producers may be upset by the adverse criticisms but they can, as the saying goes, cry all the way to the bank.
    Ex: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote: 'Experience informs us that the first defense of weak minds is to recriminate'.
    Ex: The person reproving his friend must understand that before he can reprove someone else, he must first reprove himself.
    Ex: The Governor, it is learnt, sternly reproached the party for putting the public to inconvenience for the last two days.
    Ex: Identifying information has been redacted to the extent necessary to protect the personal privacy of individuals discussed in the letter
    .
    Ex: The critics, however, roasted her for playing a tragic French heroine with a flat Midwestern accent.
    Ex: What impressed me was that the rest of the board gave him a good roasting for wasting peoples time.
    * censurar material = challenge + materials.

    * * *
    censurar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 (reprobar) to censure ( frml), to condemn, criticize
    2 (examinar) ‹libro/película/cartas› to censor
    3 (suprimir) ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor
    * * *

    censurar ( conjugate censurar) verbo transitivo

    b) ‹libro/película› to censor, ‹escena/párrafo› to cut, censor

    censurar verbo transitivo
    1 (libro, película) to censor: algunas escenas de la obra fueron censuradas, some scenes from the play werer cut
    2 (criticar, reprobar) to censure, criticize: censuramos su modo de tratar a los alumnos, we disapprove of the way he treats his students
    ' censurar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cortar
    - condenar
    - criticar
    English:
    black out
    - bowdlerize
    - censor
    - censure
    - reprove
    * * *
    1. [prohibir] to censor;
    censuraron dos escenas de la película two scenes in the movie were censored
    2. [reprobar] to criticize severely, to censure;
    siempre censura mi comportamiento she always criticizes my behaviour
    * * *
    v/t
    1 censor
    2 tratamiento condemn
    * * *
    1) : to censor
    2) : to censure, to criticize

    Spanish-English dictionary > censurar

  • 114 chillar

    v.
    1 to scream, to yell (gritar) (person).
    2 to screech.
    3 to yell at (informal) (reñir).
    4 to shriek, to screech, to howl, to scream.
    5 to bawl out.
    * * *
    1 (persona) to scream, shriek, shout
    ■ ¡no chilles! stop shouting!
    ■ chilla más que no te oigo speak up, I can't hear you
    2 (cerdo) to squeal; (ratón) to squeak; (pájaro) to squawk, screech
    3 (radio) to blare; (frenos) to screech, squeal; (puerta, ventana) to creak, squeak
    4 (colores) to be loud, be gaudy, clash
    5 familiar (reñir) to tell off
    6 figurado (protestar) to protest, complain
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VI
    1) (=gritar) [persona] to shriek, scream; [gato, animal salvaje] to screech, yowl; [ratón] to squeak; [cerdo] to squeal; [ave] to screech, squawk; [radio] to blare
    2) (Mec) [frenos] to screech, squeal
    3) [colores] to scream, jar, be loud
    4) LAm (=llorar) to bawl
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1) pájaro to screech; cerdo to squeal; ratón to squeak
    2)
    a) persona to shout, yell (colloq); (de dolor, miedo) to scream

    chillarle a alguien — to yell o shout at somebody

    b) bebé/niño ( llorar) to scream
    3) (Col) colores to clash
    * * *
    = screech, scream, shrill, howl, yelp, shriek, squeal, holler.
    Ex. They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
    Ex. What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.
    Ex. And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.
    Ex. If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.
    Ex. He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.
    Ex. At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex. Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
    Ex. When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.
    ----
    * chillar a gripo pelado = scream + Posesivo + head off.
    * chillar a grito pelado = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un cerdo = squeal like + a pig.
    * chillar como un condenado = scream like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo
    1) pájaro to screech; cerdo to squeal; ratón to squeak
    2)
    a) persona to shout, yell (colloq); (de dolor, miedo) to scream

    chillarle a alguien — to yell o shout at somebody

    b) bebé/niño ( llorar) to scream
    3) (Col) colores to clash
    * * *
    = screech, scream, shrill, howl, yelp, shriek, squeal, holler.

    Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.

    Ex: What's the ordinary response if you're a red-blooded American consumer? I mean, you scream like hell and run to the store and demand your money back.
    Ex: And those users who are unfortunate enough to hit on a librarian who booms (or shrills) their private problems around the library floor may never ask a question again.
    Ex: If we do not listen to other people whispering their prayers today we may have to meet them tomorrow when they are howling their war cries.
    Ex: He yelped in pain and she grabbed his wrists and pinned his arms to the floor.
    Ex: At most summer camps, children shriek, laugh and generally make a ruckus.
    Ex: Our political class yaps and squeals but is incapable of rational thought.
    Ex: When McCall finished his book by saying, 'It makes me wanna holler and throw up my hands,' he almost described my reaction perfectly.
    * chillar a gripo pelado = scream + Posesivo + head off.
    * chillar a grito pelado = scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como alma en pena = scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un cerdo = squeal like + a pig.
    * chillar como un condenado = scream like + a banshee.
    * chillar como un loco = shout + Posesivo + head off, scream + Posesivo + head off, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + head, shout at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + voice, scream at + the top of + Posesivo + lungs, scream like + a banshee, wail like + a banshee.

    * * *
    chillar [A1 ]
    vi
    A «pájaro» to screech; «cerdo» to squeal; «ratón» to squeak
    B
    1 (gritar) to shout, yell ( colloq); (de dolor) to scream; (de miedo) to scream, shriek
    chillaban como locos they were shouting their heads off, they were shouting like crazy o ( BrE) mad
    chillarle A algn to yell o shout AT sb
    no hace falta que me chilles, no estoy sorda there's no need to shout o yell, I'm not deaf
    si llega tarde le chillarán ( fam); if he's late he'll get a real earful o he'll get bawled out o he'll get yelled at ( colloq)
    2 «oídos» to ring
    3 «bebé/niño» (llorar) to scream
    C ( Col) «colores» to clash
    * * *

    chillar ( conjugate chillar) verbo intransitivo

    [ cerdo] to squeal;
    [ ratón] to squeak
    b) [ persona] to shout, yell (colloq);

    (de dolor, miedo) to scream;
    chillarle a algn to yell o shout at sb
    c) [bebé/niño] ( llorar) to scream

    chillar verbo intransitivo
    1 (emitir un chillido) to scream, shriek
    2 (levantar la voz) to shout
    3 (un ave) to screech
    (un cerdo) to squeal
    ' chillar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    bawl
    - call
    - jar
    - scream
    - screech
    - shriek
    - squall
    - squeak
    - squeal
    - cry
    - squawk
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [gritar] [personas] to scream, to yell;
    [aves, monos] to screech; [cerdo] to squeal; [ratón] to squeak
    2. [hablar alto] to shout;
    chilla más, que aquí atrás no se te oye speak up, we can't hear you at the back;
    ¡no chilles, que no somos sordos! don't shout, we're not deaf!
    3. [chirriar] to screech;
    [puerta, madera] to creak; [bisagras] to squeak
    ♦ vt
    Fam [reñir] to yell o shout at;
    siempre le chilla al niño she's always yelling o shouting at the child;
    a mí no me chilla nadie no one shouts at me
    * * *
    v/i scream, shriek; de cerdo squeal
    * * *
    1) : to squeal, to screech
    2) : to scream, to yell
    3) : to be gaudy, to clash
    * * *
    1. (gritar) to shout
    2. (hablar más fuerte) to speak up [pt. spoke; pp. spoken]
    3. (berrear) to scream
    4. (loro, frenos) to screech
    5. (cerdo) to squeal
    6. (ratón) to squeak

    Spanish-English dictionary > chillar

  • 115 chochear

    v.
    1 to be senile (viejo).
    2 to dote.
    Ella chochea por sus hijos She dotes on her kids.
    3 to go mad, to turn gaga.
    El pobre hombre chocheó por el dolor The poor man went mad with pain.
    * * *
    1 to dodder, be senile
    2 figurado (de cariño) to be tender, be soft
    * * *
    VI
    1) [por la edad] to dodder, be senile
    2) [por el cariño] to be soft
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam)
    a) anciano to be gaga (colloq)
    * * *
    = dodder, go + gaga, go + soft in the head.
    Ex. The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.
    Ex. Not saying he is going gaga or anything but it is probable that his memory is not what it was.
    Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.
    * * *
    verbo intransitivo (fam)
    a) anciano to be gaga (colloq)
    * * *
    = dodder, go + gaga, go + soft in the head.

    Ex: The book portrays orchid growers as elderly with huge greenhouses where they doddered around caring for these erotic plants.

    Ex: Not saying he is going gaga or anything but it is probable that his memory is not what it was.
    Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.

    * * *
    chochear [A1 ]
    vi
    ( fam)
    1 «anciano» to be gaga ( colloq)
    * * *

    chochear ( conjugate chochear) verbo intransitivo (fam)
    a) [ anciano] to be gaga (colloq)

    b) ( sentir adoración) chochear por algn to dote on sb

    chochear verbo intransitivo to be senile o in one's dotage
    * * *
    1. [viejo] to be senile;
    el abuelo ya chochea my grandad has gone senile
    2. Fam [de cariño]
    chochear por alguien to dote on sb;
    siempre que habla de sus nietos, chochea he goes all mushy when he talks about his grandchildren
    * * *
    v/i fam
    be senile
    * * *
    1) : to be senile
    2)
    chochear por : to dote on, to be soft on

    Spanish-English dictionary > chochear

  • 116 chorradas

    f.pl.
    nonsense, baloney, meaningless stuff, hogwash.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.
    Ex. The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex. This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex. Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex. Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex. The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex. Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex. The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex. Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex. For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    ----
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.
    * * *
    = baloney, blather, piffle, bollocks, crap, nonsense, claptrap, buncombe, bunkum, bunk, hogwash, shite, bullshit.

    Ex: The author characterises the strategic plan as baloney carefully crafted to conceal the real problem.

    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article 'Information science: blather and piffle?' points out that the term 'Information science' is used in a variety of ways often to mean quite different things.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'Celebration, caring or bollocks: some thoughts on the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group Weekend Summer School'.
    Ex: This is Archie Bunker crap, right? = Estas son las gilipolleces de Archie Bunker, ¿verdad?.
    Ex: Since 'added entry' maps to 'access point' and 'main entry' maps to 'access point', some curious, but harmless non-sense results.
    Ex: Such antediluvian claptrap has every appearance of using a presumed hurt to military effectiveness as a shield for prejudice.
    Ex: The word ' buncombe,' often misspelled as 'bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: The word 'buncombe,' often misspelled as ' bunkum,' soon came to refer to any sort of spurious or questionable statement.
    Ex: Henry Ford is often quoted as saying 'History is bunk'.
    Ex: The film proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official story is hogwash and that all the evidence points towards an inside job.
    Ex: Picture quality is utterly shite due to use of a cameraphone.
    Ex: For a majority of likely voters, meaningless bullshit will be the most important factor in deciding who they will vote for in 2008.
    * chorradas al cuadrado = nonsense on stilts.
    * decir chorradas = bullshit.

    Spanish-English dictionary > chorradas

  • 117 cobarde

    adj.
    1 cowardly.
    2 coward, overly submissive.
    f. & m.
    coward.
    * * *
    1 cowardly
    1 coward
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [en lucha, aventura] cowardly; [ante sangre, alturas] faint-hearted; (=tímido) timid
    2.
    SMF coward
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo cowardly
    II
    masculino y femenino coward
    * * *
    = coward, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], quitter, dastardly, puss.
    Ex. The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    ----
    * no ser cobarde = be no chicken.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo cowardly
    II
    masculino y femenino coward
    * * *
    = coward, wuss, cowardly, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], quitter, dastardly, puss.

    Ex: The violence was committed by a wide range of ordinary citizens, including psychopaths, conformists, fanatics, opportunists, & cowards.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex: Tachers found girls more virile, obtrusive, mischievous, sharing, straightforward, careless, dependent, quiet, and cowardly.
    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: Here are a few examples of some famous quitters, people who didn't always stick it out.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    * no ser cobarde = be no chicken.

    * * *
    cowardly
    coward
    * * *

     

    cobarde adjetivo
    cowardly
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    coward
    cobarde
    I adjetivo cowardly: fue un gesto cobarde, it was a cowardly gesture
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino coward
    ' cobarde' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cagada
    - cagado
    - conformista
    - tildar
    - gallina
    - maricón
    - palabra
    English:
    brand
    - chicken
    - coward
    - cowardly
    - yellow
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    cowardly
    ♦ nmf
    coward
    * * *
    I adj cowardly
    II m/f coward
    * * *
    cobarde adj
    : cowardly
    cobarde nmf
    : coward
    * * *
    cobarde1 adj cowardly
    cobarde2 n coward

    Spanish-English dictionary > cobarde

  • 118 cobardica

    f. & m.
    scaredy-cat (informal pejorative).
    * * *
    = wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, puss.
    Ex. He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.
    Ex. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.
    * * *
    = wuss, wussy [wussier -comp., wussiest -sup.], wimp, puss.

    Ex: He goes on to state that liberals are wusses for claiming 'I support the troops but not the war'.

    Ex: And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: Kyle is not a puss -- he is one of the tougher players on our team.

    * * *
    ♦ adj
    no seas cobardica don't be a scaredy-cat
    ♦ nmf
    scaredy-cat

    Spanish-English dictionary > cobardica

  • 119 colección de libros donados

    Ex. The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.
    * * *

    Ex: The title 'Unsolicited marginal gift collections: saying no or coping with the unwanted' deals with the problem of how to cope with collections which should have been declined, but were not.

    Spanish-English dictionary > colección de libros donados

  • 120 coludido con

    = in collusion with, in complicity with, in connivance with
    Ex. All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.
    Ex. It goes without saying that no architect can build without being in complicity with commerce and industry.
    Ex. After the victim is beaten and robbed he finds that the police have already prepared a case against him in connivance with the assailants.
    * * *
    = in collusion with, in complicity with, in connivance with

    Ex: All this deterioration has been to complicate and thereby fatten the pockets of trial lawyers in collusion with our judges.

    Ex: It goes without saying that no architect can build without being in complicity with commerce and industry.
    Ex: After the victim is beaten and robbed he finds that the police have already prepared a case against him in connivance with the assailants.

    Spanish-English dictionary > coludido con

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