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1 alarmismo
m.alarmism.* * *1 alarmism* * *SM alarmism* * *masculino alarmism* * *Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *masculino alarmism* * *Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
* * *alarmism* * *alarmismo nmalarmism* * *m alarmism -
2 alarmista
adj.alarmist.f. & m.alarmist.* * *1 alarmist* * *1.ADJ alarmist2.SMF alarmist* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino alarmist* * *Nota: Adjetivo.Ex. The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.* * *adjetivo/masculino y femenino alarmist* * *Nota: Adjetivo.Ex: The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.
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alarmista adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino alarmist
' alarmista' also found in these entries:
English:
scaremonger
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3 incitación al pánico colectivo
(n.) = scaremongeringEx. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *(n.) = scaremongeringEx: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
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4 antiabortista
adj.anti-abortion, pro-life.f. & m.1 anti-abortion or pro-life campaigner.2 anti-abortionist, antiabortionist.* * *► adjetivo1 anti-abortionist1 anti-abortionist, antiabortion campaigner* * *1.ADJ2.SMF anti-abortionist* * *Iadjetivo antiabortion (before n)IImasculino y femenino antiabortionist* * *(n./adj.) = antiabortion [anti-abortion], antiabortionist [anti-abortionist]Ex. The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.Ex. Although antiabortionists made gains during the Ronald Reagan & George Bush presidencies, they failed to achieve their key objectives.* * *Iadjetivo antiabortion (before n)IImasculino y femenino antiabortionist* * *antiabortista11 = antiabortionist [anti-abortionist], pro-lifer.Ex: Although antiabortionists made gains during the Ronald Reagan & George Bush presidencies, they failed to achieve their key objectives.
Ex: It is loathsome and grotesquely hypocritical that pro-lifers oppose abortion, but are unconcerned about the mistreatment of animals used in the food industry.antiabortista22 = antiabortion [anti-abortion], pro-life.Ex: The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.
Ex: Another growing group in this annual pro-life event is women who are stepping up to proclaim their regret for their own abortions.(n./adj.) = antiabortion [anti-abortion], antiabortionist [anti-abortionist]Ex: The antiabortion movement's scaremongering claim that having an abortion substantially raises a woman's risk of breast cancer is hugely deceptive and erroneous = La declaración alarmista del movimiento antiabortista de que el aborto aumenta sustancialmente el riesgo de que la mujer contraiga cáncer de mama es muy engañosa y errónea.
Ex: Although antiabortionists made gains during the Ronald Reagan & George Bush presidencies, they failed to achieve their key objectives.* * *antiabortion ( before n)antiabortionist* * *
antiabortista sustantivo masculino y femenino
antiabortionist
' antiabortista' also found in these entries:
English:
pro-life
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5 ahogarse
1 to be drowned, drown2 (sofocarse) to choke, suffocate■ me estoy ahogando de calor the heat's stifling, I can't breathe in this heat3 (motor) to flood* * *VPR1) [en agua] [accidentalmente] to drown; [suicidándose] to drown o.s.no hay que regar tanto las plantas, porque se ahogan — you shouldn't water the plants so much, they'll get waterlogged
2) (=asfixiarse)a) [por falta de aire]b) [por el calor] to suffocateme ahogo de calor — I'm suffocating with this heat, the heat is stifling
c) [con humo, espina] to choke ( con on)3) (=agobiarse)4) (Aut) [motor] to flood* * *(v.) = drownEx. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.* * *(v.) = drownEx: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
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■ahogarse verbo reflexivo
1 (en líquido) to drown, be drowned
2 (faltar el aire) to suffocate
3 (un motor) to be flooded
♦ Locuciones: figurado ahogarse en un vaso de agua, to make a mountain out of a molehill
' ahogarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vaso
- ahogar
- asfixiar
- fatigar
English:
drown
- stifle
- choke
- flood
- suffocate
* * *vpr1. [en el agua] to drown;ahogarse en un vaso de agua to make a mountain out of a molehill2. [asfixiarse] to suffocate;el paciente se ahogó en su propio vómito the patient choked on his own vomit3. [de calor] to be stifled;me estoy ahogando de calor I'm suffocating in this heat4. [fuego, llama] to go out* * *v/r1 en agua drown;ahogarse en un vaso de agua fig fam get in a state over nothing, make a mountain out of a molehill3 ( asfixiarse) suffocate4 AUTO flood* * *vr -
6 amenaza ficticia
(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex. The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *(n.) = bogeyman [bogeymen], bogey [bogie]Ex: The article is entitled 'Micrographics and eyestrain: more bogeyman than real threat'.
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7 cáustico
adj.1 caustic, acrimonious, barbed, rancid.2 caustic, stinging, sour, spiky.3 caustic, amytic, pyrotic, cauterant.* * *► adjetivo1 caustic* * *ADJ caustic* * *- ca adjetivo/masculino caustic* * *= scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.----* en tono cáustico = scathingly.* * *- ca adjetivo/masculino caustic* * *= scathing, caustic, vitriolic, pungent.Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.* en tono cáustico = scathingly.* * *1 ( Quím) caustic2 ‹estilo/lenguaje› caustic, biting; ‹humor› caustic; ‹comentario› sharp, causticcaustic* * *
cáustico,-a adjetivo caustic
' cáustico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cáustica
English:
abrasive
- acrimonious
- caustic
- scathing
* * *cáustico, -a adj1. [sustancia] caustic2. [comentario] caustic* * *adj tb figcaustic* * *cáustico, -ca adj: caustic -
8 deconstrucción
* * *Nota: En la crítica literaria, teoría que intenta negar el significado normal de los conceptos y favorecer otro tipo de interpretaciones.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *Nota: En la crítica literaria, teoría que intenta negar el significado normal de los conceptos y favorecer otro tipo de interpretaciones.Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
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9 horror
m.1 terror, horror (miedo).me da horror pensarlo just thinking about it gives me the shivers¡qué horror! how awful!¡qué horror de día! what an awful day!2 atrocity.los horrores de la guerra the horrors of war* * *1 (repulsión) horror, terror2 (temor) hate3 figurado (atrocidad) atrocity\¡qué horror! how awful!* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (=miedo) horror (a of)dread (a of)¡qué horror! — how awful o dreadful!, how ghastly! *
la fiesta fue un horror — * the party was ghastly *, the party was dreadful
se dicen horrores de la cocina inglesa — * awful things are said about English cooking
tener algo en horror — frm to detest sth, loathe sth
2) (=acto) atrocity, terrible thing3) * (=mucho)me gusta horrores o un horror — I love it
me duele horrores — it's really painful, it hurts like mad o like hell *
se divirtieron horrores — they had a tremendous o fantastic time *
* * *1)a) (miedo, angustia) horrorb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico)qué horror! — how awful o terrible!
2) horrores masculino plural ( cosas terribles) horrors (pl)dice horrores de ella — (fam) he says awful o terrible things about her (colloq)
* * *= horror.Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.----* grito de horror = cry of horror.* manifestar horror = register + horror.* novelas de horror = horror fiction.* tener horror a = loathe, hate.* * *1)a) (miedo, angustia) horrorb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico)qué horror! — how awful o terrible!
2) horrores masculino plural ( cosas terribles) horrors (pl)dice horrores de ella — (fam) he says awful o terrible things about her (colloq)
* * *= horror.Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
* grito de horror = cry of horror.* manifestar horror = register + horror.* novelas de horror = horror fiction.* tener horror a = loathe, hate.* * *A1(miedo, angustia): me causa horror ver esas escenas it horrifies me to see those scenesel horror que causó or produjo la matanza the feeling of horror o the horror which the massacre provokedlos exámenes me producen horror I have an absolute horror o dread of examsles tengo horror a los hospitales I'm terrified of hospitals2 ( fam)(uso hiperbólico): ¡qué horror! how awful o terrible!, that's awful o terrible!¡qué horror de mujer! what an awful o appalling woman!, what a dreadful o ghastly woman! ( BrE)había un horror de gente there were a tremendous number of people there ( colloq)(cosas terribles): dice horrores de su suegra he says awful o terrible o dreadful things about his mother-in-lawlos horrores de los campos de concentración the horrors of the concentration campslos horrores que vi durante la guerra the horrific things I witnessed during the war* * *
horror sustantivo masculino
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les tengo horror a los hospitales I'm terrified of hospitalsb) (fam) ( uso hiperbólico):◊ ¡qué horror! how awful o terrible!
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los horrors de la guerra the horrors of the war
horror sustantivo masculino
1 horror, terror: ¡qué horror!, how awful!
2 (antipatía, aversión) fam le tengo horror a la plancha, I hate doing the ironing
♦ Locuciones: fam (muchísimo) un horror u horrores, an awful lot
' horror' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desgarrador
- desgarradora
- escalofrío
- película
- terror
- espanto
- estremecer
- vampiro
English:
bear
- dreadful
- flail
- horror
- horror film
- horror story
- it
- nameless
- to
* * *♦ nm1. [miedo] terror, horror;me da horror pensarlo just thinking about it gives me the shivers;se quedó paralizado de horror he was paralysed with fear;¡qué horror! how awful!;¡qué horror de día! what an awful day!2. [atrocidad] atrocity;los horrores de la guerra the horrors of warme gusta un horror I absolutely love it;la quiero un horror I love her to bits, I really love her;nos costó un horror convencerle it was an incredible job to convince him♦ advFamhorrores terribly, an awful lot;me gusta horrores I absolutely love it;la quiero horrores I love her to bits, I really love her* * *m1 horror (a of);tener horror a be terrified of;me da horror pensar en … I dread to think of …;¡qué horror! how awful!2:me gusta horrores fam I like it a lot* * *horror nm: horror, dread* * *horror n1. (en general) horror2. (muchísimo) an awful lot¡qué horror! how awful! -
10 imaginado
adj.imagined, trumped-up.past part.past participle of spanish verb: imaginar.* * *= imagined, confabulated, fancied.Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.Ex. The number of correct, incorrect, and confabulated details were counted from written transcripts of the accounts.Ex. It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual.* * *= imagined, confabulated, fancied.Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
Ex: The number of correct, incorrect, and confabulated details were counted from written transcripts of the accounts.Ex: It is suggested that differences between children's spoken words and the words in school texts may be more fancied than factual. -
11 imaginario
adj.imaginary, fancied, imaginative, utopian.m.imaginary number, imaginary, pure imaginary number.* * *► adjetivo1 imaginary* * *(f. - imaginaria)adj.* * *1.ADJ imaginary2. SM1) (Literat) imagery2) (=imaginación) imagination* * *- ria adjetivo imaginary* * *= imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, hallucinatory, make-believe, fictious, fantastic, fantastical.Ex. Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.Ex. Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.Ex. This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.Ex. No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.Ex. Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.Ex. This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.Ex. Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.Ex. He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.Ex. Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.----* pasado imaginario = imaginary past.* * *- ria adjetivo imaginary* * *= imaginary, imagined, fictitious, fictionalised [fictionalized, -USA], fictional, hallucinatory, make-believe, fictious, fantastic, fantastical.Ex: Like Theseus in the Labyrinth we need to be able to follow well trodden pathways through hypermedia materials and re-track our journey along an imaginary thread when we get lost.
Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.Ex: Certainly there are very serious novels which, by means of a fictitious story, have a great deal to say about human relationships and social structures.Ex: This is a humourous and cautionary fictionalised account of a disastrous author visit to a public library to do a reading for children.Ex: No one, in this purely hypothetical example, has thought that the reader might be happy with a factual account of an Atlantic convoy as well as, or in place of, a purely fictional account.Ex: Subject-matter, portrayed with hallucinatory realism, is largely autobiographical -- mainly people connected with the artist and places associated with them.Ex: This book illustrates and describes the features of a monster and reinsures the children not to be frightened of make-believe monsters.Ex: Many of them are fictious, but there are also real artists and scientists, who play parts in the book, in one way or another.Ex: He builds up a picture of human anguish in the face of the mysteries of existence that is both dreamlike and concrete, fantastic and real at the same time.Ex: Filled with allegory and allusion, his paintings portray a fantastical universe inhabited by mysterious and fanciful creatures.* pasado imaginario = imaginary past.* * *imaginary* * *
imaginario◊ - ria adjetivo
imaginary
imaginario,-a adjetivo imaginary
número imaginario, imaginary number
' imaginario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
imaginaria
- unicornio
English:
imaginary
- never-never land
- shadow-box
- shadow-boxing
- fictitious
* * *imaginario, -a♦ adjimaginary♦ nm[conjunto de imágenes] imagery;el imaginario colectivo the collective consciousness* * *adj imaginary* * *imaginario, - ria adj: imaginary* * *imaginario adj imaginary -
12 incitación
f.1 incitement, encouragement, goading, abetment.2 inciting act.* * *1 incitement (a, to)* * *SF incitement (a to)* * ** * *----* incitación al pánico colectivo = scaremongering.* * ** * ** incitación al pánico colectivo = scaremongering.* * *incitación A algo incitement TO sthincitación a la rebelión/violencia incitement to rebellion/violence* * *
incitación sustantivo femenino incitement
' incitación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inducción
English:
incitement
* * *incitación nfincitement;sus declaraciones fueron una incitación a la violencia her statements constituted an incitement to violence* * *f incitement (a to)* * * -
13 miedo
m.1 fear.dar miedo to be frighteningme da miedo conducir I'm afraid o frightened of drivingmeter miedo a to frightenpor miedo a for fear oftener miedo a o de (hacer algo) to be afraid of (doing something)le tiene miedo a la oscuridad he's scared o afraid of the darktengo miedo de que se estropee I'm frightened it'll get damagedde miedo: la película estuvo de miedo (informal figurative) the movie was brilliant (peninsular Spanish)lo pasamos de miedo we had a fantastic timemorirse de miedo to die of fright, to be terrifiedmiedo cerval terrible fear, terrormiedo escénico stage fright2 scare.* * *1 fear■ ¡qué miedo! how frightening!\dar/meter miedo a alguien to frighten somebody, scare somebodymorirse de miedo to be scared stifftener miedo to be scared, be frightened, be afraidmiedo al escenario stage fright* * *noun m.- tener miedo* * *SM1) fear¡qué miedo! — how scary!
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coger miedo a algo — to become afraid of sth•
dar miedo — to scarele daba miedo hacerlo — he was afraid o scared to do it
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de miedo, una película de miedo — a horror film•
entrar miedo a algn, me entró un miedo terrible — I suddenly felt terribly scared•
meter miedo a algn — to scare o frighten sb•
pasar miedo, pasé mucho miedo viendo la película — I was very scared watching the film•
perder el miedo a algo — to lose one's fear of sth•
por miedo a o de algo — for fear of sthpor miedo a o de quedar en ridículo — for fear of looking ridiculous
por miedo de que... — for fear that...
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tener miedo — to be scared o frightenedno tengas miedo — don't be scared o frightened
tener miedo a o de algn/algo — to be afraid of sb/sth
tenemos miedo a o de que nos ataquen — we're afraid that they may attack us
tener miedo de o a hacer algo — to be afraid to do sth, be afraid of doing sth
miedo al público — (Teat) stage fright
2)de miedo * —
* * *masculino fearqué miedo pasamos! — we were so frightened o scared!
me da miedo salir de noche — I'm afraid to go o of going out at night
se cagaba de miedo — (vulg) he was shit-scared (vulg)
miedo A algo/alguien — fear of something/somebody
le tiene miedo a su padre — he's scared o afraid of his father
agarrarle or (esp Esp) cogerle miedo a algo/alguien — to become frightened o scared of something/somebody
tener miedo — to be afraid o frightened o scared
de miedo — (fam) fantastic, great (colloq)
* * *= fear, horror, trepidation, scare, fright.Ex. Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.Ex. This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.Ex. These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.Ex. The article is entitled 'Children's fright reactions to television news'.----* cagarse de miedo = shit + bricks, shit.* coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.* con miedo = fearfully, afraid, frightened.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.* dominar el miedo = conquer + fear.* encogerse de miedo = cower.* entrar miedo = become + jittery.* esconderse de miedo = cower.* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.* estar temblando de miedo = be frightened to death.* expresar miedo = express + fear.* infundir miedo = instil + fear.* meter miedo = frighten, scare.* miedo a las tablas = stage fright.* miedo a la tecnología = techno-fear [technofear].* miedo al escenario = stage fright.* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* miedo al ordenador = computer anxiety.* miedo continuo = nagging fear.* miedo escénico = stage fright.* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* miedo nuclear = nuclear fear.* mostrar miedo = show + fear.* no hacer Algo por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).* por miedo de = for fear of/that.* que da miedo = scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.].* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).* sembrar el miedo = spread + fear.* sentir miedo = be in fear.* sin miedo = with confidence.* superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.* tener miedo = be afraid, be in fear, frighten.* tener miedo a = be scared of.* tener miedo a Alguien = regard + Nombre + with fear.* vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.* vivir con miedo = live in + fear.* * *masculino fearqué miedo pasamos! — we were so frightened o scared!
me da miedo salir de noche — I'm afraid to go o of going out at night
se cagaba de miedo — (vulg) he was shit-scared (vulg)
miedo A algo/alguien — fear of something/somebody
le tiene miedo a su padre — he's scared o afraid of his father
agarrarle or (esp Esp) cogerle miedo a algo/alguien — to become frightened o scared of something/somebody
tener miedo — to be afraid o frightened o scared
de miedo — (fam) fantastic, great (colloq)
* * *= fear, horror, trepidation, scare, fright.Ex: Many respondents confessed to well-justified fears that if they lose their existing specialists, the 'cut and squeeze' method of reducing establishments would not allow them to replace such staff.
Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.Ex: This trepidation is somewhat quieted when students discover the abundance of bibliographical guides that list and describe reference works.Ex: These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.Ex: The article is entitled 'Children's fright reactions to television news'.* cagarse de miedo = shit + bricks, shit.* coger miedo = scare + Reflexivo.* con miedo = fearfully, afraid, frightened.* cosas que dan miedo = things that go bump in the night.* disipar el miedo = assuage + fear.* dominar el miedo = conquer + fear.* encogerse de miedo = cower.* entrar miedo = become + jittery.* esconderse de miedo = cower.* estar muerto de miedo = be scared stiff, be frightened to death, be petrified of, be terrified.* estar temblando de miedo = be frightened to death.* expresar miedo = express + fear.* infundir miedo = instil + fear.* meter miedo = frighten, scare.* miedo a las tablas = stage fright.* miedo a la tecnología = techno-fear [technofear].* miedo al escenario = stage fright.* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* miedo al ordenador = computer anxiety.* miedo continuo = nagging fear.* miedo escénico = stage fright.* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.* miedo nuclear = nuclear fear.* mostrar miedo = show + fear.* no hacer Algo por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).* por miedo de = for fear of/that.* que da miedo = scary [scarier -comp., scariest -sup.].* retirarse por miedo = wimp out (on), wimp, chicken out (on/of).* sembrar el miedo = spread + fear.* sentir miedo = be in fear.* sin miedo = with confidence.* superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.* tener miedo = be afraid, be in fear, frighten.* tener miedo a = be scared of.* tener miedo a Alguien = regard + Nombre + with fear.* vencer el miedo = face + Posesivo + fears, conquer + fear, overcome + Posesivo + fear.* vivir con miedo = live in + fear.* * *fear¡qué miedo pasamos! we were so frightened o scared!el miedo se apoderó de ellos they were gripped by o overcome with fearestaba temblando de miedo he was trembling with fearcasi me muero de miedo I almost died of fright, I was scared half to death ( colloq)me da miedo salir de noche I'm afraid to go o of going out at nightesto le hará perder el miedo this will help him overcome his fearmiedo A algo/algn fear OF sth/sbel miedo a la muerte/a lo desconocido fear of death/the unknownle tiene miedo a la oscuridad/su padre he's scared o frightened o afraid of the dark/his fathercogerle or agarrarle miedo a algo/algn to become frightened o scared of sth/sbpor miedo a ser descubierto for fear of being found outtengo miedo de perderme I'm worried o afraid I might get losttiene miedo de caerse he's afraid of falling, he's afraid he might falltengo miedo de que se ofenda I'm afraid he will take offense, I'm worried he might take offensede miedo ( esp Esp fam): se ha comprado un coche de miedo he's bought himself a fantastic o great car ( colloq)en la fiesta lo pasamos de miedo we had a fantastic o great time at the party ( colloq)jugaron de miedo they played fantastically o brilliantly ( colloq)hace un frío de miedo it's freezing coldCompuesto:stage fright* * *
miedo sustantivo masculino
fear;◊ ¡qué miedo pasamos! we were so frightened o scared!;
temblaba de miedo he was trembling with fear;
me da miedo salir de noche I'm afraid to go o of going out at night;
miedo A algo/algn fear of sth/sb;
el miedo a lo desconocido fear of the unknown;
le tiene miedo a su padre he's scared o afraid of his father;
miedo a salir a escena stage fright;
agarrarle or (esp Esp) cogerle miedo a algo/algn to become frightened o scared of sth/sb;
por miedo a for fear of;
tener miedo to be afraid o frightened o scared;
tiene miedo de caerse he's afraid he might fall;
tengo miedo de que se ofenda I'm afraid he will take offense
miedo sustantivo masculino
1 (terror) fear, fright: me da miedo la oscuridad, I'm scared of the dark
la película me metió miedo, the film frightened me
temblaba de miedo, he was trembling with fear
¡mamá, tengo miedo!, mummy, I'm scared! ➣ Ver nota en fear
2 (recelo, preocupación) concern: tiene miedo de suspender, he's worried that he will fail
tengo miedo por ti, I'm worried about you ➣ Ver nota en afraid
♦ Locuciones: familiar de miedo: el agua está de miedo, the water is great
' miedo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cagarse
- canillera
- cundir
- escénica
- escénico
- experimentar
- gritar
- inocuidad
- meter
- mucha
- mucho
- muerta
- muerto
- osada
- osado
- película
- temer
- temblar
- temblor
- temblorosa
- tembloroso
- tenebrosa
- tenebroso
- terrorífica
- terrorífico
- alarido
- aprensión
- campante
- chillar
- chillido
- comunicar
- contagiar
- de
- encoger
- espanto
- estremecer
- estremecimiento
- horror
- infundir
- invencible
- morir
- pasar
- quitar
- sostener
- terror
- vencer
English:
afraid
- apprehension
- be
- bully
- curdle
- dark
- death
- dignity
- eerie
- evaporate
- fear
- fearfully
- fearlessly
- free
- fright
- frightened
- lest
- monster
- numb
- overcome
- recoil
- register
- scandal
- scare
- scary
- seize
- sense
- shiver
- shock
- sick
- spasm
- stage fright
- stiff
- strike
- bear
- betray
- cower
- petrified
- scared
- shake
- stage
- still
- with
* * *miedo nmfear;miedo cerval terrible fear, terror;dar miedo to be frightening;me da miedo que se entere I'm frightened o scared she'll find out;meter miedo a alguien to frighten sb;nos metió miedo en el cuerpo it put the fear of God into us;por miedo a for fear of;no le dije la verdad por miedo a ofenderla I didn't tell her the truth for fear of offending her;temblar de miedo to tremble with fear;le tiene miedo a la oscuridad he's scared o afraid of the dark;tengo miedo de que se estropee I'm frightened it'll get damaged;morirse de miedo to die of fright, to be terrified;Esp Famde miedo: la película estuvo de miedo the movie was brilliant;lo pasamos de miedo we had a fantastic time;cogió una borrachera de miedo he got totally plastered;cocina de miedo he's a fantastic o an amazing cook;muy Famcagarse de miedo to shit oneself;muy Famestar cagado de miedo to be shit-scaredmiedo escénico stage fright* * *m fear (a of);dar miedo be frightening;miedo a volar fear of flying;me da miedo la oscuridad I’m frightened of the dark;meter miedo a frighten;tener miedo de que be afraid that;por miedo a for fear of;de miedo fam great fam, awesome fam* * *miedo nm1) temor: fearle tiene miedo al perro: he's scared of the dogtenían miedo de hablar: they were afraid to speak2)dar miedo : to frighten* * *miedo n feardar miedo to frighten / to scare -
14 mordaz
adj.1 caustic, biting.2 sarcastic, bitter, biting, bitterly severe.3 mordant, biting, sour, stinging.* * *1 mordant, sarcastic* * *adj.sarcastic, biting* * *ADJ [crítica, persona] sharp, scathing; [estilo] incisive; [humor] caustic* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex. However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex. His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex. In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex. While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex. Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex. The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex. Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex. This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex. This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex. Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.----* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * ** * *= trenchant, scathing, searing, stinging, caustic, salty [saltier -comp., saltiest -sup.], pungent, sarcastic, blistering, spiky [spikier -comp., spikiest -sup.], vitriolic, waspish.Ex: However, both BTI and LCSH occasionally use headings of this kind, though one could argue strongly that these are out of place in direct entry methods, and they come in for trenchant criticism from Metcalfe.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.Ex: His searing and rigorously logical analysis of the '1949 ALA Rules for Entry' is one of my favorite pieces of writing on cataloging.Ex: In a stinging rebuke to the American Library Association, Nat Hentoff has criticized the ALA for failing to take action to defend volunteer librarians in Cuba who are being subjected to a brutal crackdown.Ex: While her characters are frequently intrinsic to theme and plot, her most caustic scenes deflate academic ambition and pretension.Ex: Serious questions which face us may often be better understood when a modicum of salty satire is applied.Ex: The studies reported here addressed the question of whether the pungent element in chilies, capsaicin, suppresses taste and flavor intensity.Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.Ex: Lodge Kerrigan's 'Clean, Shaven' is a blistering piece of cinematic inventiveness and a young director's low-budget first feature.Ex: This adaptation of David Leavitt's novel wobbles between comedy and melodrama, ultimately fudging the novel's spiky empathy.Ex: This magazine had a particular interest in curious stories of libraries and bookmen, and was abundant in criticism both humorous and vitriolic.Ex: Harwood is excellent -- saucy and coquettish and really waspish in her subsequent vitriolic exchanges with the irate Marcello.* crítica mordaz = hatchet job.* de forma mordaz = pungently.* mordaz en sus comentarios = sharp of tongue.* * *‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic, incisive; ‹crítica› sharp, scathing* * *
mordaz adjetivo ‹estilo/lenguaje› scathing, caustic;
‹ crítica› sharp, scathing
mordaz adjetivo biting, scathing: me gusta leer sus mordaces comentarios acerca de los programas de la tele, I like reading his biting commentary on TV programmes
' mordaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corrosiva
- corrosivo
- afilado
English:
abrasive
- acid
- barbed
- biting
- caustic
- cutting
- damning
- denunciation
- incisive
- pointed
- scathing
- sharp
- dry
- dryness
* * *mordaz adjcaustic* * *adj biting, sharp* * *mordaz adj: caustic, scathing -
15 morir ahogado
v.to die by drowning, to drown.* * *to drown* * *(v.) = drownEx. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.* * *(v.) = drownEx: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
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16 pánico
m.panic, fear, terror, great fear.* * *1 panic■ ¡que no cunda el pánico! don't panic!■ nada más aparecer el tiburón, cundió el pánico entre los bañistas the bathers were thrown into a panic the moment the shark appeared\ser presa del pánico to be panic-stricken* * *noun m.panic, scare* * *1.ADJ panic antes de s2. SM1) (=miedo) panic2)* * *masculino panic* * *= panic, scare.Ex. Undue haste and panic can be minimized by calm, purposeful behavior that is reassuring to the public.Ex. These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.----* ataque de pánico = panic attack.* dar pánico = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, dread, scare + the hell out of.* dejarse llevar por el pánico = panic.* hacerse presa del pánico = panic.* incitación al pánico colectivo = scaremongering.* pánico + cundir = panic + sweep (through/over), panic + spread.* presa del pánico = panic-stricken.* sembrar el pánico = spread + panic, sow + panic.* trastorno de pánico = panic disorder.* * *masculino panic* * *= panic, scare.Ex: Undue haste and panic can be minimized by calm, purposeful behavior that is reassuring to the public.
Ex: These stories are sometimes treated inaccurately, creating health scares and misinformation.* ataque de pánico = panic attack.* dar pánico = scare + the living daylights out of, frighten + the living daylights out of, dread, scare + the hell out of.* dejarse llevar por el pánico = panic.* hacerse presa del pánico = panic.* incitación al pánico colectivo = scaremongering.* pánico + cundir = panic + sweep (through/over), panic + spread.* presa del pánico = panic-stricken.* sembrar el pánico = spread + panic, sow + panic.* trastorno de pánico = panic disorder.* * *A (pavoroso) panic ( before n)sólo de pensarlo me da terror pánico I get panic-stricken o ( colloq) panicky just thinking about itB ( Mit) Paniclas fiestas pánicas the festival of Panpanical verlo fueron presas del pánico when they saw him they were panic-stricken¡que no cunda el pánico! don't panic!tiene pánico a los aviones he has a horror o he's terrified of flyingle da pánico conducir she's terrified of drivingsembrar el pánico to spread panic* * *
pánico sustantivo masculino
panic;
sembrar el pánico to spread panic
pánico sustantivo masculino panic: cundió el pánico entre los habitantes, panic spread among the inhabitants
me da pánico dejarla sola, I dread to leave her alone
' pánico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apoderarse
- presa
- cundir
English:
damp
- deep-rooted
- frenzy
- panic
- scare
- seize
- set in
- spread
- near
- terrified
* * *pánico nmpanic;el pánico se apoderó de la sala tras la explosión panic gripped o seized the hall after the explosion;¡que no cunda el pánico! don't panic!;ser presa del pánico to be panic-stricken;tener pánico a to be terrified of;me dan pánico los barcos I'm terrified of sailing* * *m panic;sembrar el pánico spread panic;me entró pánico I panicked;tener pánico a alguien be scared stiff of s.o.* * *pánico nm: panic* * *pánico n panic -
17 reaccionario
adj.reactionary, blimpish, die-hard, diehard.m.reactionary, die-hard, conservatist, diehard.* * *► adjetivo1 reactionary► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 reactionary* * *reaccionario, -aADJ SM / F reactionary* * *- ria adjetivo/masculino, femenino reactionary* * *= reactionary, reactionary.Ex. While this may sound like a contradictory and reactionary sort of chauvinism coming from an iconoclast, our people have got to come first.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *- ria adjetivo/masculino, femenino reactionary* * *= reactionary, reactionary.Ex: While this may sound like a contradictory and reactionary sort of chauvinism coming from an iconoclast, our people have got to come first.
Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *adj/m,freactionary* * *
reaccionario◊ - ria adjetivo/ sustantivo masculino, femenino
reactionary
reaccionario,-a adjetivo & m,f Pol reactionary
' reaccionario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reaccionaria
- retrógrada
- retrógrado
- gorila
English:
something
- reactionary
- red
* * *reaccionario, -a♦ adjreactionary♦ nm,freactionary* * *I adj reactionaryII m, reaccionaria f reactionary* * *reaccionario, - ria adj & n: reactionary -
18 terror
m.terror.le da terror it terrifies herme da terror pensar en las vacaciones con los niños I shudder to think what the holidays with the children will be likeesa banda de delincuentes es el terror del pueblo this gang of criminals is terrorizing the village* * *1 (gen) terror2 CINEMATOGRAFÍA horror\dar terror to terrify* * *noun m.* * *SM terrorme da terror pensar que tengo que hablar con él — the thought of having to speak to him terrifies me, it terrifies me to think I have to speak to him
* * *a) ( miedo) terrorme da terror or le tengo terror — it terrifies me, I find it terrifying
b) ( persona) terror* * *= terror, horror.Ex. The idea was exquisite but full of terror.Ex. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.----* campaña de terror = terror campaign.* dar terror = scare + the living daylights out of.* llenar de terror = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify.* novela de terror = terror novel, horror story.* película de terror = horror movie.* * *a) ( miedo) terrorme da terror or le tengo terror — it terrifies me, I find it terrifying
b) ( persona) terror* * *= terror, horror.Ex: The idea was exquisite but full of terror.
Ex: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.* campaña de terror = terror campaign.* dar terror = scare + the living daylights out of.* llenar de terror = terrorise [terrorize, -USA], terrify.* novela de terror = terror novel, horror story.* película de terror = horror movie.* * *1 (miedo) terrorun régimen de terror a reign of terrorsembró el terror entre los campesinos it inspired terror among the peasantsme da terror or le tengo terror it terrifies me, I find it terrifying2 (persona) terrores el terror de la ciudad he is terrorizing the city, he is the terror of the cityeste niño es un terror this child is a terror* * *
terror sustantivo masculino
de terror ‹novela/relato› horror ( before n)
terror sustantivo masculino terror
una novela/película de terror, a horror novel/film
' terror' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chillido
- despertarse
- espanto
- horror
- horrorosa
- horroroso
- miedo
- pavor
- película
- grito
- presa
- reinar
English:
fright
- horror film
- horror story
- terror
- dread
- frozen
- horror
- screech
- shriek
- terrified
* * *terror nm1. [miedo] terror;de terror [cine, película] horror;dar terror a alguien: le da terror it terrifies her;me da terror pensar en las vacaciones con los niños I shudder to think what the holidays with the children will be like;tener terror a algo/alguien to be terrified of sth/sb;sembrar el terror to spread terror2. [persona] terror;esa banda de delincuentes es el terror del pueblo this gang of criminals is terrorizing the village* * *m terror* * *terror nm: terror* * *terror n terror -
19 ultraconservador
adj.ultraconservative, die-hard, reactionary, right-wing.m.right-wing extremist, reactionary.* * *► adjetivo1 ultraconservative► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 ultraconservative* * *ultraconservador, -aADJ SM / F ultra-conservative* * *= reactionary.Ex. Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.* * *= reactionary.Ex: Fish is particularly scathing about reactionaries in the academic world who resort to a version of scaremongering about 'political correctness,' deconstruction, and other bogies.
* * *ultra-conservative* * *ultraconservador, -ora♦ adjultraconservative♦ nm,fultraconservative* * *adj ultra-conservative -
20 un mar de papel
= a sea of + paperEx. In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.* * *= a sea of + paperEx: In recent years, then, there has been much less scaremongering about the imagined horrors of drowning in a sea of paper.
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