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41 evaluar
v.1 to assess, to evaluate.Ricardo evalúa los procedimientos Richard evaluates the procedures.Ricardo evalúa el producto final Richard evaluates=grades the final product.2 to assess, to test (education) (pupil).* * *1 to evaluate, assess* * *verbto evaluate, assess* * *VT1) (=valorar) [+ datos] to evaluate; [+ daños, pérdidas] to assess2) (Escol) to assess* * *verbo transitivo <pérdidas/situación> to assess; < datos> to evaluate; < alumno> to assess* * *= appraise, assess, evaluate, judge, rate, gauge, take + stock of, size up.Ex. Historical archives may be briefly be defined as that portion of the total mass of records which, being no longer current, have been appraised and selected for permanent preservation.Ex. Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.Ex. A critical abstract evaluates a document and the work that it records.Ex. Nevertheless, whatever the basis for the major enumerative schemes they must be judged for their suitability for application in current libraries.Ex. A questionnaire sought to determine which selection aids were rated as being important and which were seldom used.Ex. The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.Ex. The conference took stock of development within information technology, outlined new ways for its use and presented projects.Ex. A brief but representative passage read aloud is better than a lot of talk about the book and how much one liked it, for then each child has a chance to size up the book for himself, letting his own antennae tell him whether it is something for him or not.----* evaluar anónimamente por pares = double-blind review.* evaluar anónimante = blind review.* evaluar el éxito de Algo = gauge + the success of.* evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.* evaluar la eficacia de Algo = gauge + the effectiveness of.* evaluar las implicaciones de Algo = gauge + the implications of.* evaluar las necesidades económicas = means test.* evaluar los ingresos = means test.* evaluar los resultados = assess + results.* evaluar muy positivamente según unos criterios establecidos = rate + Nombre + high on + criteria.* evaluar por comparación = benchmark.* evaluar por expertos = referee.* evaluar por expertos doblemente = double referee.* sin evaluar = unevaluated.* sin ser evaluado por expertos = unrefereed.* volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.* * *verbo transitivo <pérdidas/situación> to assess; < datos> to evaluate; < alumno> to assess* * *= appraise, assess, evaluate, judge, rate, gauge, take + stock of, size up.Ex: Historical archives may be briefly be defined as that portion of the total mass of records which, being no longer current, have been appraised and selected for permanent preservation.
Ex: Without such guidelines each document would need to be assessed individually, and inconsistencies would be inevitable.Ex: A critical abstract evaluates a document and the work that it records.Ex: Nevertheless, whatever the basis for the major enumerative schemes they must be judged for their suitability for application in current libraries.Ex: A questionnaire sought to determine which selection aids were rated as being important and which were seldom used.Ex: The 2nd 'Think Tank' held in Dallas, June 89, focused on gauging what breakthrough issues are occurring in the field that directly concern libraries and merit consideration.Ex: The conference took stock of development within information technology, outlined new ways for its use and presented projects.Ex: A brief but representative passage read aloud is better than a lot of talk about the book and how much one liked it, for then each child has a chance to size up the book for himself, letting his own antennae tell him whether it is something for him or not.* evaluar anónimamente por pares = double-blind review.* evaluar anónimante = blind review.* evaluar el éxito de Algo = gauge + the success of.* evaluar el rendimiento en el trabajo = evaluate + work performance.* evaluar la eficacia de Algo = gauge + the effectiveness of.* evaluar las implicaciones de Algo = gauge + the implications of.* evaluar las necesidades económicas = means test.* evaluar los ingresos = means test.* evaluar los resultados = assess + results.* evaluar muy positivamente según unos criterios establecidos = rate + Nombre + high on + criteria.* evaluar por comparación = benchmark.* evaluar por expertos = referee.* evaluar por expertos doblemente = double referee.* sin evaluar = unevaluated.* sin ser evaluado por expertos = unrefereed.* volver a evaluar = reassess [re-assess], reevaluate [re-evaluate], reappraise.* * *vt1 ‹daños/pérdidas/situación› to assess; ‹datos› to evaluate2 ‹alumno› to assess* * *
evaluar ( conjugate evaluar) verbo transitivo ‹pérdidas/situación› to assess;
‹ datos› to evaluate;
‹ alumno› to assess
evaluar verbo transitivo to evaluate, assess
' evaluar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calcular
English:
appraise
- assess
- evaluate
- size up
- weigh up
- gauge
- judge
- size
- test
- weigh
* * *evaluar vt1. [valorar] to evaluate, to assess;[daños, pérdidas, riesgos] to assess [examen] Br to mark, US to grade* * *v/t assess, evaluate* * *evaluar {3} vt: to evaluate, to assess, to appraise* * *evaluar vb to assess -
42 fácil de conseguir
= readily available, easy-to-get, readily accessible, easy to come byEx. Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.Ex. This paper looks at the hidden agendas and values that conflict with the concept of cheap, easy-to-get, comprehensive, accurate information.Ex. Much of the readily accessible visual information suffers from imperialistic, colonial, paternalistic, and propagandistic interpretations.Ex. While official political information and publications are easy to come by, they are seldom satisfactory or accurate.* * *= readily available, easy-to-get, readily accessible, easy to come byEx: Librarians generally adopt the common strategy of simply using readily available sources of information.
Ex: This paper looks at the hidden agendas and values that conflict with the concept of cheap, easy-to-get, comprehensive, accurate information.Ex: Much of the readily accessible visual information suffers from imperialistic, colonial, paternalistic, and propagandistic interpretations.Ex: While official political information and publications are easy to come by, they are seldom satisfactory or accurate. -
43 fácil de obtener
Ex. While official political information and publications are easy to come by, they are seldom satisfactory or accurate.* * *Ex: While official political information and publications are easy to come by, they are seldom satisfactory or accurate.
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44 hacer lo que Uno quiera
(v.) = get away with + murderEx. Seldom has someone so close to the echelons of power faced capital punishment since there is widespread belief in the country that the rich and powerful can literally get away with murder.* * *(v.) = get away with + murderEx: Seldom has someone so close to the echelons of power faced capital punishment since there is widespread belief in the country that the rich and powerful can literally get away with murder.
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45 hacer lo que a Uno le de la gana
(v.) = get away with + murderEx. Seldom has someone so close to the echelons of power faced capital punishment since there is widespread belief in the country that the rich and powerful can literally get away with murder.* * *(v.) = get away with + murderEx: Seldom has someone so close to the echelons of power faced capital punishment since there is widespread belief in the country that the rich and powerful can literally get away with murder.
Spanish-English dictionary > hacer lo que a Uno le de la gana
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46 imitador
adj.imitative, imitating.m.imitator, faker, impersonator, copier.* * *► adjetivo1 imitative► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 imitator2 (cómico) impressionist* * *imitador, -a1.ADJ imitative2. SM / F1) (=plagiario) imitator2) (=seguidor) follower3) (Teat) impressionist, impersonator* * ** * *= imitator, impersonator, mimic, copycat, epigone.Ex. It was a clever and successful compromise, and it found numerous imitators not only in Britain but also in France, Germany, and America.Ex. In 1849, Nicolas Marie Alexandre Vattemare, a French ventriloquist, impersonator and philanthropist came to North Carolina to gain support for his system of literary and scientific exchanges.Ex. Pixie is introduced as a precocious character who is impatient with other people, a tease, and a mimic.Ex. The article 'Library programmers: creators or copycats?' argues that attitudes to developing and marketing library software need changing.Ex. Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.* * ** * *= imitator, impersonator, mimic, copycat, epigone.Ex: It was a clever and successful compromise, and it found numerous imitators not only in Britain but also in France, Germany, and America.
Ex: In 1849, Nicolas Marie Alexandre Vattemare, a French ventriloquist, impersonator and philanthropist came to North Carolina to gain support for his system of literary and scientific exchanges.Ex: Pixie is introduced as a precocious character who is impatient with other people, a tease, and a mimic.Ex: The article 'Library programmers: creators or copycats?' argues that attitudes to developing and marketing library software need changing.Ex: Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.* * *masculine, feminine1 ( Teatr) impressionist, mimic, impersonator2 (plagiario) imitatores un imitador he just imitates o copies othersnuestros imitadores those who copy o imitate us* * *
imitador
( plagiario) imitator
' imitador' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
copión
- copiona
English:
impersonator
- mimic
- impressionist
* * *imitador, -ora nm,f1. [que copia] imitator2. [humorista] impressionist, impersonator* * *m, imitadora f2 ( cómico) impressionist* * *: imitative1) : imitator2) : mimic* * *imitador n mimic -
47 insensatez
f.1 foolishness, senselessness.hacer/decir una insensatez to do/say something foolish2 lack of common sense, lack of good sense, unwisdom.3 foolish thing to do, stupid thing to do, foolish action.* * *1 foolishness\decir insensateces to talk nonsensehacer insensateces to be foolish* * *SF foolishness, stupiditycometieron la insensatez de no negociar — they were foolish o stupid enough not to negotiate
dice unas insensateces increíbles — he says such foolish o stupid things
* * *a) ( cualidad) foolishness, senselessnessb) (dicho, hecho)lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez — that was a stupid thing to say/do
* * *= unwisdom, foolishness, bad judgement.Ex. They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.Ex. That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.Ex. However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.* * *a) ( cualidad) foolishness, senselessnessb) (dicho, hecho)lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez — that was a stupid thing to say/do
* * *= unwisdom, foolishness, bad judgement.Ex: They believed in the 'inevitability of stratification, necessity of aristocracy, importance of religion and morality, sanctity of property, unwisdom of majority rule, urgency of constitutionalism, and folly of all attempts at social and economic leveling'.
Ex: That's partly because the foolishness or disasters that we as catalogers face daily are seldom translated into letters to LC.Ex: However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture.* * *1 (cualidad) foolishness, senselessness2(dicho, hecho): fue una insensatez dejarlo solo it was foolish o stupid to leave him alonelo que has dicho es una insensatez that's a foolish o senseless thing to say* * *
insensatez sustantivo femenino
b) (dicho, hecho):◊ lo que has dicho/hecho es una insensatez that was a stupid thing to say/do
insensatez sustantivo femenino foolishness
' insensatez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inconsciencia
English:
folly
- foolish
* * *insensatez nf1. [cualidad] foolishness, senselessnessdecir una insensatez to say something foolish* * *f foolishness* * * -
48 instrumento de selección
(n.) = selection aidEx. A questionnaire sought to determine which selection aids were rated as being important and which were seldom used.* * *(n.) = selection aidEx: A questionnaire sought to determine which selection aids were rated as being important and which were seldom used.
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49 ladrador
adj.barking, barker.m.barker.* * *► adjetivo1 barking* * *----* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite, barking dogs seldom bite.* * ** perro ladrador, poco mordedor = Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite, barking dogs seldom bite.* * *ladrador, -ora adjbarking -
50 letra romana cursiva
(n.) = sloped romanEx. The italics that accompanied all these faces were sloped romans, varying in contrast in the same way as their parent forms, and seldom showing any trace of renaissance broad-pen calligraphy.* * *(n.) = sloped romanEx: The italics that accompanied all these faces were sloped romans, varying in contrast in the same way as their parent forms, and seldom showing any trace of renaissance broad-pen calligraphy.
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51 libro de historia
(n.) = history bookEx. Here are some of those lesser-known facts that you may be unfamiliar with and are seldom, if at all, mentioned in official history books.* * *(n.) = history bookEx: Here are some of those lesser-known facts that you may be unfamiliar with and are seldom, if at all, mentioned in official history books.
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52 llegar a formar parte de
(v.) = find + Posesivo + way into/ontoEx. Children's classics from the European countries, published in the languages of those countries, seldom find their way onto UK bookshelves.* * *(v.) = find + Posesivo + way into/ontoEx: Children's classics from the European countries, published in the languages of those countries, seldom find their way onto UK bookshelves.
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53 lóbrego
adj.gloomy, murky, dark.* * *► adjetivo1 bleak, gloomy* * *(f. - lóbrega)adj.* * *ADJ dark, gloomy* * *- ga adjetivo gloomy* * *= lugubrious.Ex. Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.* * *- ga adjetivo gloomy* * *= lugubrious.Ex: Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.
* * *lóbrego -ga‹día/lugar› gloomy; ‹persona› lugubrious, somber*, gloomy* * *
lóbrego◊ -ga adjetivo
gloomy
lóbrego,-a adjetivo gloomy
' lóbrego' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fúnebre
- lóbrega
- negra
- negro
English:
bleak
- dreary
* * *lóbrego, -a adj1. [oscuro, sombrío] gloomy2. [triste, melancólico] sombre, gloomy* * *adj gloomy* * *lóbrego, -ga adjsombrío: gloomy, dark -
54 lúgubre
adj.lugubrious, dreary, funereal, gloomy.* * *► adjetivo* * *ADJ (=triste) mournful, lugubrious frm, dismal; [voz, tono] sombre, somber (EEUU), mournful* * *adjetivo <habitación/ambiente/persona> gloomy, lugubrious (liter); <rostro/voz/paisaje> gloomy* * *= gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, doleful, lugubrious.Ex. In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.Ex. Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.Ex. In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.Ex. The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex. Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.Ex. This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.Ex. This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.Ex. Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.----* de un modo lúgubre = spookily.* * *adjetivo <habitación/ambiente/persona> gloomy, lugubrious (liter); <rostro/voz/paisaje> gloomy* * *= gloomy [gloomier -comp., gloomiest -sup.], grim [grimmer -comp., grimmest -sup.], grim-faced, dreary [drearier -comp., dreariest -sup.], spooky [spookier -comp., spookiest -sup.], spine-tingling, doleful, lugubrious.Ex: In spite of gloomy conditions thoughtful library leaders are saying that opportunities have never been more promising.
Ex: Anita Schiller's own grim conclusion was that 'These two opposing and often inimical views, when incorporated within reference service, often reduce overall effectiveness'.Ex: In the English language, people are described as grim, while in Journalese they are referred to as being ' grim-faced'.Ex: The city was considered to be seedy (decayed, littered, grimy, and dreary), crowded, busy, and strongly idiosyncratic (quaint, historic, colorful, and full of 'atmosphere').Ex: Records are even being sold with terrifying sounds designed to create a ' spooky' atmosphere at home.Ex: This is a spine-tingling collection of real haunted houses and spooky ghost stories.Ex: This year will go down as the most depressing doleful Christmas I've ever had.Ex: Such epigones seldom present more than a lugubrious rehash and potpourri of their idols.* de un modo lúgubre = spookily.* * *‹habitación/ambiente› gloomy, dismal, lugubrious ( liter); ‹persona› gloomy, somber*, lugubrious ( liter); ‹paisaje› gloomy, dismal; ‹rostro/voz› gloomy, mournful, somber** * *
lúgubre adjetivo
gloomy
lúgubre adjetivo dismail, lugubrious
' lúgubre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sombrío
English:
cheerless
- dingy
- dismal
- doleful
- dreary
- grim
- mournful
- somber
- sombre
- desolate
- gloomy
- lugubrious
* * *lúgubre adj1. [triste, melancólico] [semblante, expresión] gloomy, mournful;[pensamiento, tono] gloomy, sombre2. [fúnebre] [idea, relato] morbid;[voz] sepulchral* * *adj gloomy* * *lúgubre adj: gloomy, lugubrious* * * -
55 medio pliego
(n.) = half-sheetEx. Although it seldom happened in practice, it was possible to shuffle copies of the main sections and offcuts of 12 sheets or half-sheets and thus produce aberrant watermark patterns.* * *(n.) = half-sheetEx: Although it seldom happened in practice, it was possible to shuffle copies of the main sections and offcuts of 12 sheets or half-sheets and thus produce aberrant watermark patterns.
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56 menos
adj.1 less.menos aire less airmenos manzanas fewer applesmenos… que… less/fewer… than…tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than youhace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterdayhay dos libros de menos there are two books missingme han dado 10 euros de menos they've given me 10 euros too little2 the least.el que compró menos acciones the one who bought the fewest shareslo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least timela que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst marks in the exam3 fewer.adv.1 less.menos de/que less thanson menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet2 minus (expresa resta).tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one3 to (con las horas). (peninsular Spanish, River Plate)son las dos menos diez it's ten to twoson menos diez it's ten to4 under.prep.1 except (for) (excepto).todo menos eso anything but that2 minus, less.m. s.&pl.minus (sign) (Mat).* * *► adjetivo1 (comparativo - en cantidad) less; (- en número) fewer2 (superlativo - de cantidad) least; (- de número) fewest► adverbio1 (comparativo - de cantidad) less; (- de número) fewer■ hay que conducir a menos de 100km/h one cannot drive over 100 km/h2 (superlativo) least3 (con horas) to4 MATEMÁTICAS minus■ cuatro menos dos, dos four minus two is two1 but, except1 (cantidad) less; (número) fewer■ esperaban a más de mil personas pero vinieron menos they were expecting over a thousand people but fewer came1 MATEMÁTICAS minus sign\a menos que unlessal menos / a lo menos at leastaún menos much lesscada vez menos less and lessdar (dinero) de menos to short-changeen menos de nada in no time at alleso es lo de menos that's the least of my worriesir a menos to go down in the worldlo menos at leastmenos da una piedra something's better than nothing¡menos mal! thank God!¡ni mucho menos! far from it!no ser para menos to be no wonderpara no ser menos so as not to be outdonepor lo menos at leastpor menos de nada for no reason at allqué menos que...... is the least somebody could do/could have donesi al menos... if only...venirse a menos to come down in the world¡ya será menos! come off it!* * *1. noun m. 2. adj.1) less, least2) fewer, fewest3. adv.1) less2) least•- por lo menos 4. prep.1) except2) minus5. pron.less, fewer* * *1. ADV1) [comparativo] less•
menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer thanllegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes
2) [superlativo] least3)•
al menos — at least•
de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missingme dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight
darse de menos — to underestimate o.s.
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echar de menos a algn — to miss sb•
ir a menos — to come down in the world•
lo menos diez — at least ten•
eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it•
¡menos mal! — thank goodness!¡menos mal que habéis venido! — thank goodness you've come!
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era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less•
no es para menos — quite right too•
por lo menos — at least•
¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"¿qué menos que darle las gracias? — the least we can do is say thanks!
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quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone•
tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth•
venir a menos — to come down in the world•
y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit himcuando 2., 2), poder•
¡ ya será menos! — come off it!2. ADJ1) [comparativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less; [con sustantivos contables] fewer•
menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than Bno soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is
este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one
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ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us2) [superlativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] least; [con sustantivos contables] fewest3. PREP1) (=excepto) except¡todo menos eso! — anything but that!
2) (Mat) [para restar] minus, lesscinco menos dos — five minus o less two
4.CONJ5. SM1) (Mat) minus sign2)3)más 1., 2)* * *I1) ( comparativo) lessahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now
no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him
menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think
2) ( superlativo) leastIIcuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
adjetivo invariable1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) feweralimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories
ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now
menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me
2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewestIII1)sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less
2) (en locs)IVde menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
1) ( excepto)firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso
menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used
2)a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minusb) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)Vson las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five
masculino minus sign* * *= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.Ex. Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.Ex. The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.Ex. Copies of records created by the libraries, minus local data, are added to the pool of cataloguing information available to users.Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.Ex. Vellum remained popular on the continent, less so in England; while goatskin (morocco), although well established by this time for fine work, was seldom used in trade binding except for prayer books.----* al menos = at least, at the very least.* a menos que = unless, short of.* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.* cada vez menos = less and less.* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.* echar de menos = miss.* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.* en todos menos en = in all but.* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.* figura venida a menos = fallen star.* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.* lo menos posible = as little as possible.* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.* menos aún = let alone.* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.* menos conocido = lesser known.* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].* menos en = save in.* menos en el caso de que = except when.* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].* menos hecho = rarer.* menos importante, el = least, the.* menos probable = least likely, less likely.* menos... que... = less... than....* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.* menos sabido = lesser known.* menos usado = less used.* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).* todo menos = everything except (for).* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.* venir a menos = retrench.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.* * *I1) ( comparativo) lessahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now
no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him
menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think
2) ( superlativo) leastIIcuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
adjetivo invariable1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) feweralimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories
ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now
menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me
2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewestIII1)sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less
2) (en locs)IVde menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
1) ( excepto)firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso
menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used
2)a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minusb) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)Vson las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five
masculino minus sign* * *= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.Ex: Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.
Ex: The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.Ex: Copies of records created by the libraries, minus local data, are added to the pool of cataloguing information available to users.Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.Ex: Vellum remained popular on the continent, less so in England; while goatskin (morocco), although well established by this time for fine work, was seldom used in trade binding except for prayer books.* al menos = at least, at the very least.* a menos que = unless, short of.* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.* cada vez menos = less and less.* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.* echar de menos = miss.* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.* en todos menos en = in all but.* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.* figura venida a menos = fallen star.* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.* lo menos posible = as little as possible.* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.* menos aún = let alone.* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.* menos conocido = lesser known.* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].* menos en = save in.* menos en el caso de que = except when.* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].* menos hecho = rarer.* menos importante, el = least, the.* menos probable = least likely, less likely.* menos... que... = less... than....* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.* menos sabido = lesser known.* menos usado = less used.* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).* todo menos = everything except (for).* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.* venir a menos = retrench.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.* * *A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ](comparativo): cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and lessquiere trabajar menos y ganar más he wants to work less and earn moreya me duele menos it doesn't hurt so much nowahora que vive en Cádiz lo vemos menos now that he's living in Cadiz we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of himeso es menos importante that's not so importantno voy a permitir que vaya, y menos aún con él I'm not going to let her go, much less with himmenos (…) QUE:un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than o just as important as this oneella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize youno pude menos que aceptar I had to accept, it was the least I could domenos (…) DE:los niños de menos de 7 años children under sevenpesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kiloséramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of uslo compraron por menos de nada they bought it for next to nothingno lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousandestá a menos de una hora de aquí it's less than an hour from herees menos peligroso de lo que tú crees it's not as dangerous as you thinkB [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) leastes la menos complicada que he visto it is the least complicated one I have seenéste es el menos pesado de los dos this is the lighter of the twoes el que menos viene por aquí he's the one who comes around least (often)soy el que ha bebido menos de todos I've had less to drink than anyone, I'm the one who's had least to drinkes el que menos me gusta he's the one I like (the) leastse esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possiblees lo menos que podía hacer por él it's the least I could do for himsucedió cuando menos lo esperábamos it happened when we were least expecting italimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer caloriesya hace menos frío it's not as o so cold nowrecibimos cada vez menos pedidos we are getting fewer and fewer orderscuesta tres veces menos it costs a third of the price o a third as muchmide medio metro menos it's half a meter shortera éste ponle dos cucharadas menos add two tablespoonfuls less to this onemenos (…) QUE:tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as youmenos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last yearsomos menos que ellos there are fewer of us than themno soy menos hombre que él I'm no less a man than himyo no soy menos que él he's no better than meel rincón donde hay menos luz the corner where there's least lightel partido que obtuvo menos votos the party that got (the) fewest votesesos casos son los menos cases like that are the exceptionAsírveme menos don't give me as o so muchya falta menos it won't be long nowaprobaron menos que el año pasado not so o as many passed as last year, fewer passed than last yearB ( en locs):al menos at leasta menos que unlessa menos que tú nos ayudes unless you help uscuando menos at leastde menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too littlesiempre te da unos gramos de menos he always gives you a few grams under o too littleme has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me, you haven't charged me enoughles pagaron lo menos un millón they paid them at least a million pesosmenos mal just as wellmenos mal que no me oyó just as well o good thing o thank goodness he didn't hear menos van a dar una prórroga — ¡menos mal! they are going to give us extra time — just as well! o thank goodness for that!por lo menos at leastsi por lo menos me hubieras avisado … if you'd at least told me …había por lo menos diez mil personas there were at least ten thousand people thereir a menos to go downhillser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es su falta de honradez that's the least of it, what worries me is his lack of integrityla fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problemstener a algn en menos to feel sb is beneath onetener algo a menos to think sth is beneath one o beneath one's dignityvenirse a menos to come down in the worldun aristócrata venido a menos an aristocrat who has come down in the world o who has fallen on hard timesun hotel/barrio venido a menoss a rundown hotel/neighborhood*A(excepto): firmaron todos menos Alonso everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonsomenos estos dos, todos están en venta apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for saletres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the doorB8-15=-7 read as: ocho menos quince (es) igual (a) menos siete eight minus fifteen equals o is minus seven2(Esp, RPI) (en la hora) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] son las ocho menos diez/cuarto it's ten to eight/(a) quarter to eight¿tienes hora? — menos veinte do you have the time? — it's twenty tominus sign* * *
menos adverbio
1 ( comparativo) less;
ya me duele menos it hurts less now;
ahora lo vemos menos we don't see him so often now, we don't see so much of him now;
pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos;
éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us;
los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven
2 ( superlativo) least;
el que menos me gusta the one I like (the) least;
se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible;
cuando menos lo esperaba when I was least expecting it
■ adjetivo invariable
1 ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;◊ alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories;
hay menos errores there are fewer mistakes;
mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter;
menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year;
tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you
2 ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least;
( en número) fewest;
el que obtuvo menos votos the one who got (the) fewest votes
■ pronombre
1 ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
ya falta menos it won't be long now
2 ( en locs)
a menos que unless;
cuando menos at least;
de menos: me dió 100 pesos de menos he gave me 100 pesos too little;
me cobró de menos he undercharged me;
lo menos the least;
menos mal just as well, thank goodness;
por lo menos at least;
eso es lo de menos that's the least of my (o our etc) problems
■ preposición
1 ( excepto):◊ todos menos Alonso everybody except o but Alonso;
menos estos dos, … apart from o with the exception of these two, …;
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door
2
b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora):◊ son las cinco menos diez/cuarto it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five;
son menos veinte it's twenty to
menos
I adverbio
1 (en menor cantidad, grado) (con no contable) less: ayer me dolía menos, it hurt less yesterday
había menos de treinta personas, there were less than thirty people
es menos importante de lo que crees, it's less important than you think
tengo menos fuerza que antes, I have less strength than before
(con contable) fewer: mi casa tiene menos habitaciones, my house has fewer rooms
2 (superlativo) least: es el menos indicado para opinar, he's the worst person to judge
3 (sobre todo) no pienso discutir, y menos contigo, I don't want to argue, especially with you
II preposición
1 but, except: vinieron todos menos uno, they all came but one
2 Mat minus: siete menos dos, seven minus two
♦ Locuciones: eso es lo de menos, that's the least of it
a menos que, unless
al o por lo menos, at least
cada vez menos, less and less
¡menos mal!, thank goodness!
nada menos que, no less o no fewer than
no ser para menos, to be the least one could do: me invitó a cenar, ¡y no era para menos!, he invited me to dinner, which was the least he could do!
venir a menos, to lose rank, fortune or position
' menos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- añorar
- cachondeo
- cada
- cantar
- contratación
- cuando
- echar
- esquivar
- estar
- extrañar
- gallo
- hipar
- historiada
- historiado
- indicada
- indicado
- infarto
- los
- mal
- más
- mucha
- mucho
- pensar
- piedra
- programa
- recochineo
- salva
- salvo
- signo
- siquiera
- su
- tan
- todavía
- vez
- cinco
- costumbre
- cuanto
- cuarto
- de
- día
- enfado
- enojo
- entre
- esperar
- estofado
- mientras
- mirar
- momento
- nada
English:
about
- absent
- agree
- alone
- anything
- anywhere
- appreciate
- at
- averse
- barring
- besides
- billion
- blind
- blue
- border
- but
- cackle
- chalk
- circuitous
- conscious
- delay
- far
- ferment
- few
- god
- good
- if
- job
- just
- last
- least
- less
- let
- let up
- mind
- minus
- minus sign
- minute
- miss
- more
- nothing
- nowadays
- of
- opposed
- or
- pretty
- put down
- rate
- recollect
- remain
* * *♦ adj inv1. [comparativo] [cantidad] less;[número] fewer;menos aire less air;menos manzanas fewer apples;menos… que… less/fewer… than…;tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you;vino menos gente que otras veces there were fewer people there than on other occasions;hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday;colócate a menos distancia stand closer;eran menos pero mejor preparadas there were fewer of them, but they were better prepared2. [superlativo] [cantidad] the least;[número] the fewest;el que compró menos libros the one who bought the fewest books;lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time;la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst Br marks o US grades in the exames menos hombre que tú he's less of a man than you are♦ adv1. [comparativo] less;a mí échame un poco menos give me a bit less;ahora con el bebé salen menos they go out less now they've got the baby;últimamente trabajo menos I haven't been working as o so much recently;estás menos gordo you're not as o so fat;¿a cien? no, íbamos menos rápido a hundred km/h? no, we weren't going as fast as that;menos de/que less than;Pepe es menos alto (que tú) Pepe isn't as tall (as you);Pepe es menos ambicioso (que tú) Pepe isn't as ambitious (as you), Pepe is less ambitious (than you);este vino me gusta menos (que el otro) I don't like this wine as much (as the other one), I like this wine less (than the other one);son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet;es difícil encontrar alquileres de o [m5]por menos de 50.000 it's hard to find a place to rent for less than o under 50,000;tardamos menos de lo esperado we took less time than expected, it didn't take us as long as we expected;es menos complicado de lo que parece it's not as complicated as it seems, it's less complicated than it seems2. [superlativo]el/la/lo menos the least;ella es la menos adecuada para el cargo she's the least suitable person for the job;el menos preparado de todos/de la clase the least well trained of everyone/in the class;el menos preparado de los dos the less well trained of the two;la que menos trabaja the person o one who works (the) least;aquí es donde menos me duele this is where it hurts (the) least;él es el menos indicado para criticar he's the last person who should be criticizing;es lo menos que puedo hacer it's the least I can do;era lo menos que te podía pasar it was the least you could expect;debió costar lo menos un millón it must have cost at least a million;había algunas manzanas podridas, pero eran las menos some of the apples were rotten, but only a very few3. [indica resta] minus;tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one4. Esp, RP [con las horas] to;son las dos menos diez it's ten to two;son menos diez it's ten to5. Compir a menos [fiebre, lluvia] to die down;[delincuencia] to drop;¡menos mal! just as well!, thank God!;menos mal que llevo rueda de repuesto/que no te pasó nada thank God I've got a spare wheel/(that) nothing happened to you;nada menos (que) no less (than);le recibió nada menos que el Papa he was received by none other than the Pope;no es para menos not without (good) reason;no pude por menos que reírme I had to laugh;venir a menos [negocio] to go downhill;[persona] to go down in the world;no pienso montar y menos si conduces o Am [m5] manejas tú I've no intention of getting in, much less so if you're driving;hacer de menos a alguien to snub sb♦ pronhabía menos que el año pasado there were fewer than the previous year;ya queda menos it's not so far to go now♦ nm invMat minus (sign)♦ prep[excepto] except (for);todo menos eso anything but that;vinieron todos menos él everyone came except (for) o but him;menos el café, todo está incluido en el precio everything except the coffee is included in the price♦ al menos loc conjat least;costará al menos tres millones it will cost at least three million;dame al menos una hora para prepararme give me at least an hour to get ready♦ a menos que loc conjunless;no iré a menos que me acompañes I won't go unless you come with me♦ de menos loc advhay dos libros de menos there are two books missing;me han dado 80 céntimos de menos they've given me 80 cents too little, they've short-changed me by 80 cents;eso es lo de menos that's the least of it♦ por lo menos loc advat least;por lo menos pide perdón you at least ought to apologize* * *I adj1 en cantidad less;cien dólares de menos 100 dollars short, 100 dollars too little;hay cinco calcetines de menos we are five socks short2 en número fewerII adves menos guapa que Ana she is not as pretty as Ana2 sup: en cantidad least;al menos, por lo menos at least3 MAT minus;tres menos dos three minus twoIV:a menos que unless;todos menos yo everyone but o except me;echar de menos miss;tener a alguien en menos look down on s.o.;eso es lo de menos that’s the least of it;ir a menos come down in the world;ni mucho menos far from it;no es para menos quite right too;son las dos menos diez it’s ten of two, Br it’s ten to two* * *menos adv1) : lessllueve menos en agosto: it rains less in August2) : leastel coche menos caro: the least expensive car3)menos de : less than, fewer thanmenos adj1) : less, fewertengo más trabajo y menos tiempo: I have more work and less time2) : least, fewestla clase que tiene menos estudiantes: the class that has the fewest studentsmenos prep1) salvo, excepto: except2) : minusquince menos cuatro son once: fifteen minus four is elevenmenos pron1) : less, fewerno deberías aceptar menos: you shouldn't accept less2)al menos orpor lo menos : at least3)a menos que : unless* * *menos1 adv1. (comparativo) less2. (con nombres contables) fewer3. (superlativo) least4. (excepto) except5. (con la hora) to6. (en matemáticas) minusmenos2 n minus sign -
57 mordedor
adj.vicious, biting.m.1 biter, one who bites.2 one who satirizes.3 teether.* * *► adjetivo1 biting\perro mordedor, poco ladrador his/her bark is worse than his/her bite* * *= nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].Ex. Most baby ferrets (kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.----* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite, barking dogs seldom bite.* * *= nippy [nippier -comp., nippiest -sup.].Ex: Most baby ferrets (kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.
* perro ladrador, poco mordedor = Posesivo + bark is worse than + Posesivo + bite, barking dogs seldom bite. -
58 muy caro
adj.too expensive.* * *(adj.) = high priced [high-priced]Ex. Inflationary trends in scholarly and professional publishing are forcing many academic libraries to cancel subscriptions to high-priced and/or seldom used titles = Las tendencias inflacionistas en la edición científica y en la especializada para profesionales están obligando a muchas bibliotecas académicas a cancelar las suscripciones a los títulos muy caros y/o usados con poca frecuencia.* * *(adj.) = high priced [high-priced]Ex: Inflationary trends in scholarly and professional publishing are forcing many academic libraries to cancel subscriptions to high-priced and/or seldom used titles = Las tendencias inflacionistas en la edición científica y en la especializada para profesionales están obligando a muchas bibliotecas académicas a cancelar las suscripciones a los títulos muy caros y/o usados con poca frecuencia.
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59 nemotécnico
adj.mnemonic, mnemotechnic.* * *► adjetivo1→ link=mnemotécnico mnemotécnico,-a* * *ADJ mnemonic* * *- ca adjetivo mnemonic* * *= mnemonic.Ex. Frequently-used codes are mnemonic, so he seldom consults his code book; but when he does, a single tap of a key projects it for his use.* * *- ca adjetivo mnemonic* * *= mnemonic.Ex: Frequently-used codes are mnemonic, so he seldom consults his code book; but when he does, a single tap of a key projects it for his use.
* * *nemotécnico -camnemonic* * *nemotécnico, -a adjmnemonic -
60 obstinado
adj.obstinate, bulldogged, stubborn, bulldoggish.past part.past participle of spanish verb: obstinar.* * *► adjetivo1 obstinate, stubborn* * *ADJ obstinate, stubborn* * *- da adjetivoa) ( tozudo) obstinate, stubbornb) ( tenaz) tenacious, doggedc) (Ven) ( harto) fed up (colloq)* * *= obstinate, stubborn, dogged, perverse, stiff-necked, pigheaded, refractory, self-willed, tenacious, persevering.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Ex. The last 50 years of academic librarianship have seen a dogged search for standards.Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.Ex. Napoleon Bonaparte said: 'Victory belongs to the most persevering' and 'Ability is of little account without opportunity'.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( tozudo) obstinate, stubbornb) ( tenaz) tenacious, doggedc) (Ven) ( harto) fed up (colloq)* * *= obstinate, stubborn, dogged, perverse, stiff-necked, pigheaded, refractory, self-willed, tenacious, persevering.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Ex: The last 50 years of academic librarianship have seen a dogged search for standards.Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.Ex: Napoleon Bonaparte said: 'Victory belongs to the most persevering' and 'Ability is of little account without opportunity'.* * *obstinado -daA1 (tozudo) ‹persona/actitud› obstinate, stubborn2 (tenaz) ‹persona/lucha› tenacious, doggedsu trabajo le tiene obstinado he has had enough of his job o he is fed up with his job* * *
Del verbo obstinarse: ( conjugate obstinarse)
obstinado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
obstinado
obstinarse
obstinado◊ -da adjetivo
obstinarse ( conjugate obstinarse) verbo pronominal obstinado EN hacer algo to (obstinately) insist on doing sth;
se ha obstinado en que hay que terminarlo hoy he is bent on finishing it today
obstinado,-a adjetivo obstinate
obstinarse verbo reflexivo to persist [en, in]
' obstinado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabezón
- cabezona
- empeñada
- empeñado
- impenitente
- mollera
- obstinada
- burro
- cazurro
- obstinarse
English:
opinionated
- stiff-necked
- dogged
- head
- intractable
- obstinate
- perverse
* * *obstinado, -a adj1. [terco] obstinate, stubborn2. [tenaz] tenacious* * *adj obstinate* * *obstinado, -da adj1) terco: obstinate, stubborn2) : persistent♦ obstinadamente adv* * *obstinado adj obstinate
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