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scheming something

  • 1 tramar

    v.
    1 to weave (hilo).
    2 to plot.
    estar tramando algo to be up to something
    Fraguamos un plan We concoct a plan.
    3 to scheme to.
    * * *
    1 (tejidos) to weave
    2 figurado (maquinar) to plot, cook up
    ■ ¿qué estás tramando? what are you up to?
    * * *
    verb
    1) to plot, devise
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=tejer) to weave
    2) [+ engaño, enredo] to plan, plot; [+ complot] to lay, hatch

    ¿qué estarán tramando? — I wonder what they're up to?

    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < engaño> to devise; < venganza> to plot; < complot> to hatch, lay

    ¿qué andan tramando? — what are you up to? (colloq)

    2.
    tramarse v pron (enf) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = be up to, weave, engineer, plot, scheme, cook up, concoct.
    Ex. When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
    Ex. You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex. So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex. The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    ----
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * tramar una conspiración = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy.
    * tramar un complot = hatch + plot.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo < engaño> to devise; < venganza> to plot; < complot> to hatch, lay

    ¿qué andan tramando? — what are you up to? (colloq)

    2.
    tramarse v pron (enf) to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = be up to, weave, engineer, plot, scheme, cook up, concoct.

    Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

    Ex: You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' -- have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
    Ex: So, in telephone transmission the bandwidth of each speech circuit is engineered to be 4kHz.
    Ex: The Moral Majority, a coalition of religious groups, is a collective name for a group of Americans who regularly plot the defeat of incumbent politicians who do not support their views.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * andar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando algo malo = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * estar tramando alguna barrabasada = be up to no good, get up to + no good.
    * tramar una conspiración = hatch + plot, spin + conspiracy.
    * tramar un complot = hatch + plot.

    * * *
    tramar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹engaño› to devise; ‹venganza› to plot; ‹complot› to hatch, lay
    ¿qué andas tramando? what are you plotting o scheming?, what are you up to? ( colloq)
    2 ( Col) ‹lector/público› to absorb
    me tramó la conferencia I was totally absorbed by the lecture, the lecture really captured my interest
    ( enf) to plot, scheme
    ¿qué se estarán tramando? I wonder what they're plotting o scheming
    * * *

    tramar ( conjugate tramar) verbo transitivo ‹ engaño› to devise;
    ‹ venganza› to plot;
    ‹ complot› to hatch, lay;
    ◊ ¿qué andan tramando? what are they up to? (colloq)

    tramar vtr (un engaño, conspiración, plan) to plot: ¿qué estará tramando? what is he up to?

    ' tramar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    planear
    - traerse
    - traer
    English:
    concoct
    - cook up
    - hatch
    - plot
    - up to
    - brew
    - engineer
    * * *
    tramar vt
    1. [planear] to plot;
    [complot] to hatch;
    un plan tramado por sus enemigos a plot hatched by her enemies;
    estar tramando algo to be up to something
    2. [hilo] to weave
    * * *
    v/t complot hatch
    * * *
    tramar vt
    1) : to plot, to plan
    2) : to weave
    * * *
    tramar vb to plot [pt. & pp. plotted]

    Spanish-English dictionary > tramar

  • 2 superar

    v.
    1 to beat.
    queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's results
    me superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a second
    superar algo/a alguien en algo to beat something/somebody for something
    nos superan en número they outnumber us
    me supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me
    2 to overtake, to pass.
    3 to overcome.
    superar un examen to get through an exam
    tener algo superado to have got over something
    Ellos superan la adversidad They overcome adversity.
    4 to surpass, to exceed, to best, to excel.
    María supera a sus colegas Mary surpasses her colleagues.
    5 to outdo, to win over.
    * * *
    1 (exceder) to surpass, exceed, excel
    2 (obstáculo etc) to overcome, surmount
    1 (sobrepasarse) to excel oneself
    2 (mejorarse) to improve oneself, better oneself
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=aventajar) [+ contrincante, adversario] to overcome; [+ límite] to go beyond; [+ récord, marca] to break

    superar a algn en algo: superó al adversario en cuatro puntos — she beat her opponent by four points

    2) (=pasar con éxito) [+ dificultad] to overcome; [+ enfermedad, crisis] to get over
    3) [+ etapa] to get past
    4) [+ prueba, examen] to pass
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    b) ( mejorar) < marca> to beat
    2)
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get over
    b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass
    2.
    superarse v pron to better oneself
    * * *
    = beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.
    Ex. It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.
    Ex. Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.
    Ex. Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.
    Ex. Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.
    Ex. It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex. Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.
    Ex. Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex. A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex. We outgrow the school, we cannot outgrow the library.
    Ex. The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex. The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.
    Ex. These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex. We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex. As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex. The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex. One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.
    Ex. The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
    Ex. I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex. This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    Ex. Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex. In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.
    Ex. It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex. Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    Ex. But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex. Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex. If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex. He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.
    Ex. I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    ----
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.
    * con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar el intento = resist + effort.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar en número = outnumber.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar la etapa de = move on from.
    * superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.
    * superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.
    * superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.
    * superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.
    * superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * superar un peligro = overcome + danger.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * verse superado sólo por = be second only to.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    b) ( mejorar) < marca> to beat
    2)
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) <timidez/dificultad/etapa> to overcome; < trauma> to get over
    b) (frml) <examen/prueba> to pass
    2.
    superarse v pron to better oneself
    * * *
    = beat, circumvent, go beyond, outperform [out-perform], outweigh, overcome, overtake, score over, outgrow, surpass, survive, go far beyond, extend + far beyond, top, outbalance, outrank, weather, get through, one-up, outwit, outdo, outsmart, ride out, exceed, outfox, go + past, outrun [out-run], best, trump, move on from, go + one better.

    Ex: It would certainly beat the usual file clerk.

    Ex: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.
    Ex: Maybe the answer is some kind of localized Ceefax or Oracle information service that could be obtained free through one's television set but went beyond the mainly trivia that these services currently provide.
    Ex: Numerous experiment have tried to determine if free-text searching outperform searching with the aid of a controlled index language.
    Ex: It may be decided that the practical impediments to the distribution and assignment of such numbers outweigh their potential usefulness.
    Ex: Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.
    Ex: Why have card-based systems been overtaken by computer databases?.
    Ex: A Permuterm index scores over a Double-KWIC index in that it avoids repetitive printing of one title.
    Ex: We outgrow the school, we cannot outgrow the library.
    Ex: The advantages of the system far surpass any disadvantages.
    Ex: The chairwoman of the board had decided that as part of the screening process those who had successfully survived the initial winnowing should furnish the board with tangible evidence of how they might perform on a specific assignment.
    Ex: These changes in the physical form of the catalog have implications which go far beyond changes in form or even in improvements in speed and convenience to the catalog user.
    Ex: We have seen that the relationships of the Publications Office with the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities may in theory, but do not yet in practice extend far beyond those with the six managing institutions.
    Ex: As public library circ declines, spending continues to top inflation.
    Ex: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.
    Ex: One node in the star graphic completely outranks the others, while the other six themselves are interchangeable.
    Ex: The small publishers seem to be weathering the industry changes, and have expectations of growth.
    Ex: I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex: This novel is narrated by William, an underachiever who is constantly outdone by his charming and lovable identical twin brother.
    Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
    Ex: In the same way, files of item record cards can be difficult to manage if the file size exceeds, say, 2000 cards.
    Ex: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex: Unfortunately, its conclusions are completely pedestrian, rarely going past the fact that there were old people in England in the late Middle Ages.
    Ex: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
    Ex: Back in 2001, the tossed salad they prepared fed some 5,000, which then bested the record held by a community in Utah in the United States.
    Ex: If prejudice is allowed to trump the rights that all citizens should enjoy, then everyone's freedoms are ultimately endangered.
    Ex: He is moving on from the past and looking forward to a tremendous future helping to educate parents from his personal experiences.
    Ex: I think Murray will go one better than Wimbledon, but will lose to Federer again in the final.
    * ayudar a superar = get + Nombre + through.
    * capaz de adaptarse y superar adversidades = resilient.
    * con el propósito de superarse uno mismo = self-improvement-oriented.
    * nada supera a = nothing beats....
    * no superar la prueba de = not stand the test of.
    * ser difícil de superar = take + some beating.
    * sin ser superado = unsurpassed.
    * superar Algo = put + Nombre + behind.
    * superar barreras = hurdle + barriers.
    * superar el intento = resist + effort.
    * superar el miedo = overcome + Posesivo + fear, conquer + fear.
    * superar el nerviosismo = overcome + nervousness.
    * superar el problema de credibilidad = overcome + credibility gap.
    * superar en número = outnumber.
    * superar la barrera del tiempo = cross + time barriers.
    * superar la etapa de = move on from.
    * superar las expectativas = exceed + expectations.
    * superarse a sí mismo = pull + Reflexivo + up(wards) by + Posesivo + (own) bootstraps.
    * superarse a Uno Mismo = make + the best of + Reflexivo.
    * superarse para hacer frente a Algo = rise to + meet.
    * superar una barrera = conquer + barrier.
    * superar una crisis = ford + crisis, survive + crisis.
    * superar una deficiencia = overcome + weakness.
    * superar una dificultad = overcome + difficulty, get over + difficulty.
    * superar una limitación = overcome + limitation, tackle + limitation.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * superar una situación difícil = weather + the bumpy ride, weather + the storm.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * superar un obstáculo = overcome + obstacle, jump over + hurdle, overcome + barrier, conquer + barrier.
    * superar un peligro = overcome + danger.
    * superar un problema = surmount + problem, conquer + problem, get over + problem.
    * verse superado sólo por = be second only to.

    * * *
    superar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (ser superior a, mayor que) to exceed, go beyond
    un éxito que supera todas las expectativas a success which goes beyond o exceeds o surpasses all expectations
    la realidad supera a la ficción fact o truth is stranger than fiction
    el horror de estas escenas supera todo lo imaginable the horror of these scenes goes beyond anything one could imagine
    nadie lo supera en experiencia ni habilidad nobody can surpass him in experience or skill, nobody can surpass his experience or skill
    nos superan en número they outnumber us
    supera en estatura a su hermano mayor he's taller than his elder brother
    supera en tres puntos la cifra de ayer it is three points higher than yesterday's figure, it surpasses yesterday's figure by three points
    2 (mejorar) to beat
    logró superar su propio récord he managed to beat his own record
    ese método está totalmente superado that method has been completely superseded
    B
    1 (vencer, sobreponerse a) ‹timidez/dificultad/etapa› to overcome
    trata de superar estas diferencias try to overcome o get over these differences
    no ha logrado superar el trauma que le supuso el accidente he has not got(ten) over the trauma of the accident
    ya hemos superado la etapa más difícil we've already got(ten) through o over the most difficult stage
    hace tres meses que rompimos pero ya lo tengo superado we split up three months ago but I've got(ten) over it o I'm over it now
    2 ( frml); ‹examen/prueba› to pass
    to better oneself
    * * *

     

    superar ( conjugate superar) verbo transitivo
    1


    nadie lo supera en experiencia no one has more experience than him;
    supera en estatura a su hermano he's taller than his brother
    b) ( mejorar) ‹ marca› to beat

    2
    a) (vencer, sobreponerse a) ‹timidez/dificultad/etapa› to overcome;

    ‹ trauma› to get over
    b) (frml) ‹examen/prueba› to pass

    superarse verbo pronominal
    to better oneself
    superar verbo transitivo
    1 (estar por encima de) to exceed: tu hermana te supera en altura, your sister is taller than you
    la temperatura superó los treinta grados, the temperature rose above thirty degrees
    (expectativas) esto supera todo lo imaginado, this defies the imagination
    (un récord, una marca) to beat, break
    2 (pasar, sobreponerse) to overcome
    (un examen) to pass, get through
    ' superar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    atonía
    - ganar
    - sacar
    - salir
    - salvar
    - sobreponerse
    - vencer
    - volver
    - cabeza
    - creces
    - exceder
    - marca
    English:
    beat
    - beating
    - carry through
    - coast
    - corner
    - deal with
    - excel
    - get over
    - get past
    - handicap
    - improve on
    - outdo
    - outnumber
    - overcome
    - overtake
    - pull through
    - surmount
    - surpass
    - top
    - exceed
    - get
    - negotiate
    - out
    - over
    - rise
    - shrug
    - survive
    - transcend
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [aventajar] to beat;
    superar algo/a alguien en algo to beat sth/sb for sth;
    nos superan en número they outnumber us;
    me supera en altura/inteligencia he's taller/cleverer than me
    2. [sobrepasar] [récord] to break;
    queremos superar los resultados del año pasado we want to improve on o beat last year's results;
    me superó por dos décimas de segundo she beat me by two tenths of a second
    3. [adelantar] to overtake, to pass;
    superó a su rival en la recta final she overtook her rival on the home straight
    4. [época, técnica]
    estar superado to have been superseded
    5. [complejo, crisis, enfermedad] to overcome, to get over;
    no ha superado la pérdida de su mujer he has not overcome the loss of his wife;
    tener algo superado to have got over sth
    6. [examen, prueba] to pass
    * * *
    v/t persona beat; límite go beyond, exceed; obstáculo overcome, surmount
    * * *
    1) : to surpass, to exceed
    2) : to overcome, to surmount
    * * *
    1. (vencer problema, etc) to overcome [pt. overcame; pp. overcome]
    2. (pasar) to pass
    3. (ser mejor) to be better / to surpass
    4. (ser más) to be more / to be over
    el porcentaje de aprobados supera el 85% the percentage of passes is over 85%

    Spanish-English dictionary > superar

  • 3 planear

    v.
    1 to plan.
    Ellos planean un viaje They plan a trip.
    Ellos planean una alta ganancia They envisage a big profit.
    2 to glide.
    Ellos planean en la playa They glide on the beach.
    3 to plan to, to expect to, to be planning to.
    Ellos planean viajar They are planning to travel.
    * * *
    1 (futuro, idea) to plan
    1 (en el aire) to glide
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    VT (=proyectar) to plan
    2.
    VI (Aer) to glide; (fig) to hang, hover ( sobre over)
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to plan
    2.
    planear vi (Aviac) to glide; águila to soar; (Náut) to plane
    * * *
    = envisage, plan, slate (for), make + plans, mastermind, scheme, glide.
    Ex. It is fairly common to have to modify a standard list, or compile a fresh list when a new application is envisaged.
    Ex. An expansion of this edition which will serve school librarians throughout the English-speaking world is planned.
    Ex. The next IFLA Conference is slated for August 14-28, 1995, in Istanbul, Turkey.
    Ex. Subject access plays an important part when plans are made for an on-line public access catalogue (OPAC).
    Ex. The centre is also masterminding a number of projects concerning Third World needs for microcomputers.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. These marsupials' primary mode of travel is by gliding from tree to tree -- they rarely travel across the ground.
    ----
    * planear con ala delta = hang-glide.
    * planear con antelación = plan + ahead.
    * planear una actividad = plot + activity.
    * si todo va de acuerdo a lo planeado = all (other) things being equal.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to plan
    2.
    planear vi (Aviac) to glide; águila to soar; (Náut) to plane
    * * *
    = envisage, plan, slate (for), make + plans, mastermind, scheme, glide.

    Ex: It is fairly common to have to modify a standard list, or compile a fresh list when a new application is envisaged.

    Ex: An expansion of this edition which will serve school librarians throughout the English-speaking world is planned.
    Ex: The next IFLA Conference is slated for August 14-28, 1995, in Istanbul, Turkey.
    Ex: Subject access plays an important part when plans are made for an on-line public access catalogue (OPAC).
    Ex: The centre is also masterminding a number of projects concerning Third World needs for microcomputers.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: These marsupials' primary mode of travel is by gliding from tree to tree -- they rarely travel across the ground.
    * planear con ala delta = hang-glide.
    * planear con antelación = plan + ahead.
    * planear una actividad = plot + activity.
    * si todo va de acuerdo a lo planeado = all (other) things being equal.

    * * *
    planear [A1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹fiesta/expedición› to plan
    fue un robo muy bien planeado it was a very well planned robbery
    tienen planeado casarse a fin de año they plan to get married at the end of the year
    2 (tramar) to plan
    algo están planeando they're planning something, they're up to something ( colloq)
    ■ planear
    vi
    1 ( Aviac) to glide, soar ( AmE)
    2 «águila» to soar
    3 ( Náut) to plane
    * * *

     

    planear ( conjugate planear) verbo transitivo
    to plan
    verbo intransitivo (Aviac) to glide;
    [ águila] to soar;
    (Náut) to plane
    planear
    I vtr (tramar, urdir) to plot
    (preparar, pensar) to plan
    II vi (un avión, ave) to glide
    ' planear' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    proyectar
    - traerse
    - calcular
    - prever
    English:
    glide
    - hover
    - map out
    - mastermind
    - plan
    - plane
    - program
    - programme
    - project
    - soar
    - design
    - hang
    - map
    - think
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to plan;
    planean una fiesta para el viernes they are planning a party for Friday;
    planeo viajar a Asia en verano I'm planning to travel to Asia this summer
    ♦ vi
    1. [hacer planes] to plan
    2. [planeador] to glide
    3. [ave] to glide, to soar
    * * *
    I v/t plan
    II v/i AVIA glide
    * * *
    : to plan
    : to glide (in the air)
    * * *
    1. (pensar) to plan [pt. & pp. planned]
    2. (avión, pájaro) to glide

    Spanish-English dictionary > planear

  • 4 maquinar

    v.
    to machinate, to plot.
    maquinar algo contra alguien to plot something against somebody
    Ella discurre engaños She contrives tricks.
    * * *
    1 to scheme, plot
    * * *
    verb
    to plot, scheme
    * * *
    VT VI to plot
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = conspire, finesse, cook up, scheme, concoct.
    Ex. There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.
    Ex. The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
    Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex. Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to plot, scheme
    * * *
    = conspire, finesse, cook up, scheme, concoct.

    Ex: There is a future for the public library, despite competing social and economic needs which would seem to conspire to preclude one.

    Ex: The story of the postwar diner suggests some ways that purveyors of consumer commodities finessed and exploited emergent social dislocations in the drive to expand and diversify markets.
    Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.
    Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.
    Ex: Their unquenchable thirst for revenge enabled them to concoct a diabolical scheme.

    * * *
    maquinar [A1 ]
    vt
    to plot, scheme
    * * *

    maquinar ( conjugate maquinar) verbo transitivo
    to plot, scheme
    maquinar verbo transitivo to scheme, plot
    ' maquinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    discurrir
    - tejer
    English:
    engineer
    * * *
    to plot, to scheme;
    estaban maquinando una conspiración contra el gobierno they were plotting against the government
    * * *
    v/t plot
    * * *
    : to plot, to scheme

    Spanish-English dictionary > maquinar

  • 5 cocinar

    v.
    to cook.
    ¿qué se cocina por aquí? what's cooking?, what's going on here?
    * * *
    1 to cook
    1 to cook
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1.
    2. VI
    1) (=guisar) to cook
    2) (=tramar) to plot, cook up *

    deben estar cocinando algo — they must be plotting something, they must be up to something

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to cook
    2.
    cocinar vi to cook

    ¿quién cocina en tu casa? — who does the cooking in your house?

    3.
    cocinarse v pron
    a) (Coc) carne/arroz to cook
    b) (fam) persona to bake (colloq)
    * * *
    = cook.
    Ex. We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
    ----
    * alimentos sin cocinar = raw food.
    * cocinado al vapor = steamed.
    * cocinar al baño María = steam.
    * cocinar al horno = baking.
    * cocinar al vapor = steam.
    * cocinar con microondas = microwave cook.
    * cocinar en el microondas = microwave.
    * hierba para cocinar = culinary herb.
    * para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.
    * plancha de cocinar = griddle, hotplate.
    * plancha eléctrica de cocinar = electric hotplate.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo to cook
    2.
    cocinar vi to cook

    ¿quién cocina en tu casa? — who does the cooking in your house?

    3.
    cocinarse v pron
    a) (Coc) carne/arroz to cook
    b) (fam) persona to bake (colloq)
    * * *
    = cook.

    Ex: We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.

    * alimentos sin cocinar = raw food.
    * cocinado al vapor = steamed.
    * cocinar al baño María = steam.
    * cocinar al horno = baking.
    * cocinar al vapor = steam.
    * cocinar con microondas = microwave cook.
    * cocinar en el microondas = microwave.
    * hierba para cocinar = culinary herb.
    * para cocinar uno mismo = self-catering.
    * plancha de cocinar = griddle, hotplate.
    * plancha eléctrica de cocinar = electric hotplate.

    * * *
    cocinar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹arroz/cena/plato› to cook
    ¿qué estarán cocinando? what do you think they're up to o plotting o scheming? ( colloq)
    ■ cocinar
    vi
    to cook
    1 ( Coc) «carne/arroz» to cook
    2 ( fam); «persona» to bake ( colloq), to roast ( colloq), to boil ( BrE colloq)
    me estoy cocinando en esta oficina it's baking o roasting o boiling in this office ( colloq)
    * * *

     

    cocinar ( conjugate cocinar) verbo transitivo/intransitivo
    to cook;
    ◊ ¿quién cocina en tu casa? who does the cooking in your house?

    cocinar verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to cook

    ' cocinar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cocina
    - grasa
    - horno
    - importar
    - olla
    - repostería
    - vasija
    - caldo
    - cocer
    - crudo
    - dar
    - delantal
    - fuego
    - plátano
    - reventar
    - tartera
    - tocar
    English:
    bother
    - cook
    - cookery
    - cuisine
    - do
    - hopeless
    - hotplate
    - instead
    - poultry
    - stove
    - cooking
    - either
    - low
    - over
    - plantain
    - steam
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    to cook
    ♦ vi
    to cook;
    le encanta cocinar he loves cooking
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 cook
    plot
    II v/i cook
    * * *
    : to cook
    * * *
    cocinar vb to cook

    Spanish-English dictionary > cocinar

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