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1 sensibilidad
f.1 feeling.no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms2 sensitivity.tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive3 feeling.sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music4 sensitivity.un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer5 sensibility, responsiveness, sensitivity, sensitiveness.* * *1 (percepción, sentido artístico) sensitivity, feeling2 (emotividad) sensibility3 (precisión) sensitivity* * *noun f.1) feeling2) sensitivity* * *SF1) [al dolor, al frío] feeling2) (=emotividad) sensitivity3) (=disposición) feeling, sensitivitymuestra una gran sensibilidad para la música — she has a great feeling o sensitivity for music
sensibilidad artística — artistic feeling o sensitivity
4) [de aparato, máquina] sensitivity* * *1)a) ( emotividad) sensitivityb) ( inclinación) sensitivityla sensibilidad poética — a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry
2)a) (en brazo, pierna) feelingb) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity* * *= sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.Ex. Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.Ex. She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.----* despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.* falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.* sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.* sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.* sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.* * *1)a) ( emotividad) sensitivityb) ( inclinación) sensitivityla sensibilidad poética — a sensitivity to o feeling for poetry
2)a) (en brazo, pierna) feelingb) (de instrumento, aparato) sensitivity* * *= sensibility, sensitivity, responsiveness.Ex: Children's book illustrators and editors share their artistic sensibilities.
Ex: She has been a vital and energetic voice in the movement to increase the sensitivity and responsibility of libraries to social issues, as well as a first-rate cataloger.Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.* despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings.* falta de sensibilidad = insensitivity.* falto de sensibilidad = insensitive.* sensibilidad auditiva = auditory sensitivity.* sensibilidad con respecto a = a feel for, a feeling for.* sensibilidad hacia = a feel for, a feeling for.* * *A1 (emotividad) sensitivitytiene la sensibilidad a flor de piel he's very sensitive o thin-skinnedpuede herir la sensibilidad del espectador it may offend viewers' sensibilitiesun artista de gran sensibilidad an artist of great sensitivity2 (inclinación) sensitivityla sensibilidad poética a sensitivity to o feeling for poetryB1 (en el brazo, la pierna) feelingperdió la sensibilidad en los dedos she lost all feeling in her fingers2 (de un instrumento, un aparato) sensitivity* * *
sensibilidad sustantivo femenino
sensibilidad sustantivo femenino
1 (percepción sensorial) feeling
2 (delicadeza, afectividad) sensitivity, sensibility
3 (de un aparato) sensitivity
un termómetro de gran sensibilidad, a highly sensitive thermometer
' sensibilidad' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adormecerse
- anestesia
- insensible
- dormido
- entumecerse
English:
dead
- feeling
- sensation
- sensibility
- sensitive
- sensitivity
- squeamishness
- feel
- insensitive
- insensitivity
- speed
* * *sensibilidad nf1. [percepción] feeling;no tiene sensibilidad en los brazos she has no feeling in her arms2. [emotividad] sensitivity;tener la sensibilidad a flor de piel to be easily hurt, to be very sensitive;estas imágenes pueden herir la sensibilidad del espectador some viewers may find these images disturbing3. [inclinación] feeling;sensibilidad artística/musical feeling for art/music;tiene una sensibilidad especial para la poesía she has a special feeling for poetry4. [de instrumento, película] sensitivity;un termómetro de gran sensibilidad a very sensitive thermometer* * *f3 ( emotividad) sensitivity* * *sensibilidad nf1) : sensitivity, sensibility2) sensación: feeling* * *sensibilidad n sensitivity -
2 susceptibilidad
f.1 oversensitivity.2 susceptibility, sensibility, sensitivity, touchiness.* * *1 (gen) susceptibility2 (sensibilidad) sensitivity3 (propensión a ofenderse) touchiness* * *SF1) [de persona] susceptibility (a to)2) pl susceptibilidades (=malentendidos) sensibilities* * *femenino sensitivity, touchiness* * *Ex. However, there are factors which militate against a total integration of book and non-book stock such as the susceptibility of certain materials to damage if housed in open access areas, eg gramophone records.* * *femenino sensitivity, touchiness* * *Ex: However, there are factors which militate against a total integration of book and non-book stock such as the susceptibility of certain materials to damage if housed in open access areas, eg gramophone records.
* * *sensitivity, touchinesses de una susceptibilidad extrema he's very sensitive o touchyun libro que herirá muchas susceptibilidades a book that will offend many people's sensibilities* * *
susceptibilidad sustantivo femenino
sensitivity, touchiness
susceptibilidad sustantivo femenino susceptibility
' susceptibilidad' also found in these entries:
English:
susceptibility
* * *[sensibilidad] oversensitivity;eres de una susceptibilidad exagerada you're much too thin-skinned* * *f touchiness -
3 acechar
v.to watch, to spy on.el cazador acechaba a su presa the hunter was stalking his prey* * *2 (caza) to stalk3 (amenazar) to threaten, lurk* * *VT (=observar) to spy on, watch; (=esperar) to lie in wait for; [+ caza] to stalk; (=amenazar) to threaten, beset* * *verbo transitivo <enemigo/presa> to lie in wait for* * *= lurk, stalk, lie in + wait, skulk, lurk in + the wings.Ex. This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The hurdles that lie in wait for us include ones called 'connectivity', 'electronic journals', 'new software', 'new computers', 'more RAM', 'local area networks' and 'more time and energy'.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.* * *verbo transitivo <enemigo/presa> to lie in wait for* * *= lurk, stalk, lie in + wait, skulk, lurk in + the wings.Ex: This is when children are not really concerned with scientific truth; they believe in Father Christmas anyway, even if there lurks the suspicion that there is something rather fishy about it all.
Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The hurdles that lie in wait for us include ones called 'connectivity', 'electronic journals', 'new software', 'new computers', 'more RAM', 'local area networks' and 'more time and energy'.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: Prince Hal has proved his courage, but the conniving Falstaff and his companions lurk in the wings, waiting for Hal to ascend the throne.* * *acechar [A1 ]vt‹enemigo/presa› to stalk, to lie in wait forsomos conscientes del peligro que nos acecha we are aware of the danger that awaits us o that lies ahead of us* * *
acechar ( conjugate acechar) verbo transitivo ‹enemigo/presa› to lie in wait for;
acechar verbo transitivo
1 to lie in wait for
2 (amenazar) to threaten
' acechar' also found in these entries:
English:
stalk
* * *acechar vtto watch, to spy on;el cazador acechaba a su presa the hunter was stalking his prey* * *v/t lie in wait for* * *acechar vt1) : to watch, to spy on2) : to stalk, to lie in wait for* * *acechar vb to lurk -
4 agudizamiento
m.aggravation, worsening.* * *1 sharpening2 (empeoramiento) worsening* * *= heightening.Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* * *= heightening.Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.
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5 atrapar
v.1 to catch.La policía atrapa ladrones The police catches thieves.2 to latch onto, to grab.Finalmente atrapó un novio She finally latch onto a boyfriend.3 to entrap.* * *1 to seize, capture, catch* * *verb1) to trap, capture2) catch* * *VT1) [en trampa] to trap; (=apresar) to capture; [+ resfriado etc] to catch2) (=engañar) to take in, deceive* * *verbo transitivo <conejo/ladrón> to catch* * *= lock, trap, catch, tether, entrap, ensnare, hunt down, snare, bust.Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.Ex. If the borrower being processed has been set to be trapped, DOBIS/LIBIS displays the message: 'You have trapped a borrower'.Ex. 'And of course,' said the director, brightening as his idea gave birth to another one in her mind, 'it will be interesting to know how efficient electronic systems are at catching thieves'.Ex. The book reached the limits of its potential as an information carrier long ago and libraries unfortunately allowed themselves to become tethered by those limitations.Ex. Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.Ex. On Saturday, a trooper stood on a street corner dressed in plain clothes and helped bust 30 people for not wearing their seat belts.----* atrapado en = enmeshed in.* atrapar contra = pin + Nombre + against.* * *verbo transitivo <conejo/ladrón> to catch* * *= lock, trap, catch, tether, entrap, ensnare, hunt down, snare, bust.Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
Ex: If the borrower being processed has been set to be trapped, DOBIS/LIBIS displays the message: 'You have trapped a borrower'.Ex: 'And of course,' said the director, brightening as his idea gave birth to another one in her mind, 'it will be interesting to know how efficient electronic systems are at catching thieves'.Ex: The book reached the limits of its potential as an information carrier long ago and libraries unfortunately allowed themselves to become tethered by those limitations.Ex: Librarians have been known to devote time to entrap and arrest individuals who use the library toilets for sexual purposes = Hay casos de bibliotecarios que han dedicado tiempo a atrapar y detener a individuos que utilizan los servicios de la biblioteca con fines sexuales.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.Ex: On Saturday, a trooper stood on a street corner dressed in plain clothes and helped bust 30 people for not wearing their seat belts.* atrapado en = enmeshed in.* atrapar contra = pin + Nombre + against.* * *atrapar [A1 ]vt‹mariposas/conejo› to catchatraparon al ladrón they caught the thiefquedaron atrapados en el interior del local they were trapped inside the building* * *
atrapar ( conjugate atrapar) verbo transitivo
to catch
atrapar verbo transitivo to catch
' atrapar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agarrar
- cazar
- coger
- pillar
English:
catch
- ensnare
- hunt down
- snare
- trap
* * *atrapar vt1. [agarrar, alcanzar] to catch;la policía atrapó a los atracadores the police caught the bank robbers;el portero atrapó la pelota the goalkeeper caught the ballhe atrapado un resfriado I've come down with a cold* * *v/t catch, trap* * *atrapar vt: to trap, to capture* * * -
6 aumento
m.1 increase, rise.un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increaseun aumento de los precios a price riselas temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightlyir en aumento to be on the increaseaumento de sueldo pay rise2 promotion.3 magnifying power.4 jump.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: aumentar.* * *1 increase, growth2 (óptica) magnification3 (fotos) enlargement4 (sonido) amplification5 (salario) rise, US raise\ir en aumento to be on the increaseaumento de precios rise in prices* * *noun m.1) increase2) raise* * *SM1) [de tamaño] increase; (Fot) enlargement; (Ópt) magnification2) [de cantidad, producción, velocidad, intensidad] increase; [de precio] increase, risese registró un aumento de temperatura — an increase o rise in temperature was recorded
aumento de peso — [en objeto] increase in weight; [en persona] weight gain
aumento de sueldo, aumento salarial — (pay) rise
3) (Elec, Radio) amplification4)5) (Ópt) magnification6) Méx (=posdata) postscript* * *a) ( incremento) rise, increasepedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise
las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares
aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)
b) (Ópt) magnificationlentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses
* * *= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.Ex. No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.Ex. These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.Ex. This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.Ex. The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.Ex. The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.Ex. What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.Ex. This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.Ex. There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.Ex. If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.Ex. The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.Ex. The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.Ex. The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex. Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.Ex. This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.Ex. This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.----* aumento acelerado = spurt.* aumento acusado = sharp increase.* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.* aumento de = increased.* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.* aumento de la producción = increased production.* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.* aumento del uso = increased use.* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.* aumento de peso = weight gain.* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.* aumento en espesor = thickening.* aumento notable = rising tide.* aumento repentino = upsurge.* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.* gran aumento = heavy increase.* ir en aumento = be on the increase.* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.* * *a) ( incremento) rise, increasepedir un aumento — to ask for a raise (AmE) o (BrE) rise
las tarifas sufrirán un ligero aumento — there will be a small increase o rise in fares
aumento de algo: aumento de peso increase in weight; aumento de temperatura rise in temperature; aumento de precio price rise o increase; aumento de sueldo — salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)
b) (Ópt) magnificationlentes con or de mucho aumento — glasses with very strong lenses
* * *= boost, build-up [buildup], extension, growth, increase, rise, tide, expansion, deepening, augmentation, increase in numbers, growth in number, surge, upswing, widening, waxing, enlargement, heightening.Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.
Ex: No problem usually with terminals and micros but there could be an undesirable temperature build-up in confined areas.Ex: These can be seen as extensions of the supportive role provided by Neighbourhood Advice Centres to community groups.Ex: This document contains information on such concepts as settlement, urban growth, field patterns, forest clearance and many others.Ex: The term you have chosen indicates an increase in specificity, since it is one of the members of the group described by the basic term.Ex: The rapid rise of computer literacy in the world has led to a demand for the easy availability of many kinds of information.Ex: What has happened is that yet another institution has so overlapped with our own that we are being swept along on the tide of the technological revolution.Ex: This is not a simple general expansion of a description but an increasing emphasis upon aspects of the book.Ex: There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.Ex: If the budget will not permit staff augmentation, then the reference librarian must help the department head to make the most of available resources.Ex: The present increase in numbers of overseas students in Australia tertiary institutions has implications for libraries.Ex: The growth in number of national, regional and international agricultural organisations has resulted in a vast output of scientific and technical literature, issued in a wide variety of forms.Ex: The Internet is also creating a new surge of interest in information in all forms, and a revitalized interest in reading.Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.Ex: Despite growth in export volume in recent years, there has been a widening of the national current account deficit from 8.8% to over 20%.Ex: This waning of one discipline and waxing of another represents the fundamental incommensurability, yet mutual dependence, of existing disciplinary categories of knowledge.Ex: This enlargement of interests forms the basis of the claim to provide an information education appropriate to other than library-type environments.Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* aumento acelerado = spurt.* aumento acusado = sharp increase.* aumento asociado a la inflación = inflation-adjusted.* aumento de = increased.* aumento de cantidad = increase in quantity.* aumento de costes = increased costs, cost increase.* aumento de la demanda = increase in (the) demand, increased demand.* aumento de la producción = increased production.* aumento de las diferencias entre... y = widening gap between... and, widening of the gap beween.... and.* aumento del conocimiento = knowledge building.* aumento de los impuestos = tax increase.* aumento del uso = increased use.* aumento de pecho = breast augmentation, breast enlargement.* aumento de peso = weight gain.* aumento de precios = price increase, increased price.* aumento de tamaño = increase in size.* aumento en espesor = thickening.* aumento notable = rising tide.* aumento repentino = upsurge.* aumento salarial = salary increase, pay rise, salary rise.* aumento salarial por méritos = merit salary increase.* aumento transitorio de tensión = surge.* aumento vertiginoso = explosion, spiralling [spiraling, -USA].* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.* en aumento = burgeoning, increasing, mounting, rising, on the rise, growing, heightening.* en aumento gradual = gradually quickening.* en continuo aumento = ever-increasing.* espejo de aumento = magnifying mirror.* experimentar un aumento = experience + rise.* experimentar un aumento vertiginoso = experience + explosion.* gran aumento = heavy increase.* ir en aumento = be on the increase.* lector de aumento = magnifying reader.* lente de aumento = magnifying glass, magnifier.* mamoplastía de aumento = augmentation mammoplasty.* ritmo de aumento = rate of increase.* tasa de aumento = growth rate, rate of growth, rate of increase.* * *1 (incremento) rise, increaselas tarifas experimentarán or sufrirán un ligero aumento there will be a small increase o rise in faresla tensión va en aumento tension is growing o mounting o increasingel aumento de las cotizaciones en las bolsas the rise in stock market pricesla velocidad del cuerpo va en aumento a medida que … the speed of the object increases as …aumento DE algo:aumento de peso increase in weight, weight gainaumento de temperatura rise in temperatureaumento de precio price rise o increase2 ( Ópt) magnificationun microscopio de 20 aumentos a microscope with a magnifying power o magnification of 20tiene gafas or ( AmL) lentes con or de mucho aumento he wears glasses with very strong lenses* * *
Del verbo aumentar: ( conjugate aumentar)
aumento es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
aumentó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
aumentar
aumento
aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo
‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raiseb) (Opt) to magnify
verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;
aumento de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumento sustantivo masculino
aumento de temperatura rise in temperature;
aumento de precio price rise o increase;
aumento de sueldo salary increase, pay raise (AmE), pay rise (BrE)b) (Ópt) magnification;
aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate
aumento sustantivo masculino
1 increase
aumento de sueldo, pay rise
2 Fot enlargement
3 Ópt magnification
' aumento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
lente
- más
- petición
- producción
- progresiva
- progresivo
- salarial
- agudo
- auge
- aumentar
- autorizar
- bonificación
- escalada
- nubosidad
- prever
- prometido
- rápido
- representar
- retroactivo
- sensible
- triple
- valorización
- votar
English:
appreciation
- attribute
- bolster
- build-up
- by
- gain
- growing
- growth
- hike
- hysteria
- improvement
- increase
- leap
- mount
- negotiate
- of
- raise
- rise
- surge
- wage increase
- build
- glass
- jump
- pay
- rising
- settlement
- up
* * *aumento nm1. [de temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] increase, rise;[de sueldo] Br rise, US raise; [de velocidad] increase;un aumento del 10 por ciento a 10 percent increase;un aumento de los precios a price rise;las temperaturas experimentarán un ligero aumento temperatures will rise slightly;aumento lineal [de sueldo] across-the-board pay Br rise o US raise;aumento de sueldo pay increase;2. [en óptica] magnification;una lente de 20 aumentos a lens of magnification x 20* * *de sueldo raise, Br (pay) rise;ir en aumento be increasing* * *aumento nmincremento: increase, rise* * *aumento n increase / riseir en aumento to be increasing / to be rising -
7 boato
m.show, ostentation.* * *1 pomp, ostentation* * *SM show, ostentation* * *masculino show, ostentation* * *= ostentation, trappings, pomp.Ex. However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.* * *masculino show, ostentation* * *= ostentation, trappings, pomp.Ex: However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.
Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: However, the pomp and ostentation of the annual meeting, first called Council, then General Conference (alias Congress), which attracts growing numbers of professionals, leads to IFLA taking on a mythical or ritualistic aspect where appearances replace content.* * *show, ostentationviven con boato they have an ostentatious lifestyle* * *
boato sustantivo masculino pomp, show of wealth: fue una celebración con mucho boato, it was a very ostentatious celebration
' boato' also found in these entries:
English:
pageantry
* * *boato nmshow, ostentation* * *m ostentation* * *boato nm: ostentation, show -
8 cazar
v.1 to hunt (animales).Pedro cazaba conejos en su pueblo Peter hunted rabbits in his hometown.2 to catch (informal) (pillar, atrapar).me has cazado despistado you've caught me on the hopcuando me hablan rápido en inglés no cazo una when people speak English quickly to me I can't understand a word3 to pursue, to track down, to chase after, to chase.María caza sueños imposibles Mary pursues impossible dreams.4 to land oneself, to snare.María cazó un buen marido Mary got herself a good husband.* * *1 to hunt2 familiar (conseguir) to catch, land3 familiar (descubrir) to find out, discover4 familiar (entender) to understand, catch\cazar furtivamente to poachcazarlas al vuelo familiar to be quick on the uptake* * *verb1) to hunt2) catch3) land* * *1. VT1) [+ animales] to hunt; [con fusil] to shoot2) [+ ladrón, fugitivo] to hunt down3) [+ corredor, ciclista] to catch (up with)4) [+ votos] to capture; [+ electores, votantes] to win (over)5) * (=atrapar) to land *6) * (=sorprender) to catch7) * (=comprender) to understandvuelo II, 1)es el mejor alumno, lo caza todo enseguida — he's the best pupil, he understands o gets * everything at once
2.VI to huntsalir a cazar — to go (out) hunting; [con fusil] to go (out) shooting
* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( para subsistir) to hunt; ( como deporte) (- caza mayor) to hunt; (- caza menor) to shootb) < mariposas> to catch2) (fam)a) (conseguir, atrapar)ha cazado un millonario/buen empleo — she's landed herself a millionaire/good job
b) (entender, oír) <palabra/frase> to catch; < indirecta> to takec) ( atrapar) to catch2.salimos a cazar — we went out hunting/shooting
* * *= hunt, hunt down, ensnare, snare.Ex. Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.Ex. Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.----* cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.* cazar furtivamente = poach.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) ( para subsistir) to hunt; ( como deporte) (- caza mayor) to hunt; (- caza menor) to shootb) < mariposas> to catch2) (fam)a) (conseguir, atrapar)ha cazado un millonario/buen empleo — she's landed herself a millionaire/good job
b) (entender, oír) <palabra/frase> to catch; < indirecta> to takec) ( atrapar) to catch2.salimos a cazar — we went out hunting/shooting
* * *= hunt, hunt down, ensnare, snare.Ex: Nonetheless, we would still not wish to hunt through the file in order to change all subdivisions of that heading.
Ex: Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.* cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.* cazar furtivamente = poach.* * *cazar [A4 ]vtA2 ‹mariposas› to catchB ( fam)1(conseguir, atrapar): ha cazado un buen empleo he's landed himself o got himself a good jobpretende cazar a un millonario she hopes to net herself o land herself a millionaire ( colloq)2(percatarse de): ya le he cazado varios errores I've heard him make several mistakes already3 (entender, oír) to catchsólo cacé algunas palabras sueltas I only caught the odd word■ cazarvito hunt; (con fusil) to shootsalimos a cazar we went out hunting/shooting* * *
cazar ( conjugate cazar) verbo transitivo
( como deporte — caza mayor) to hunt;
(— caza menor) to shoot
c) (fam) (conseguir, atrapar):◊ ha cazado un millonario/buen empleo she's landed herself a millionaire/good job
verbo intransitivo
to hunt;
( con fusil) to shoot;◊ salimos a cazar we went out hunting/shooting
cazar verbo transitivo
1 to hunt
2 familiar (entender el sentido de algo) to grasp, understand
♦ Locuciones: cazarlas al vuelo, to be quick on the uptake
' cazar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cacería
- caza
- ratonera
- lazo
English:
chase
- head-hunt
- hunt
- poach
- shoot
- net
- prey
- trap
* * *cazar vt1. [animales] to hunt[en matrimonio] to trap;cazó a una rica heredera he landed himself a rich heiress;he conseguido cazar dos entradas para el concierto I managed to get hold of two tickets for the concert;cazó un buen trabajo she landed herself a good job;cazarlas al vuelo to be quick on the uptakeme has cazado despistado you've caught me on the hopcuando me hablan rápido en inglés, no cazo una when people speak quickly to me in English, I can't understand a wordel portero cazó al delantero the goalkeeper brought down the forward* * *I v/t1 animal hunt; fig: información track downcazar un buen trabajo get o.s. a good jobII v/i hunt;ir a cazar go hunting* * *cazar {21} vt1) : to hunt2) : to catch, to bagcazar vi: to go hunting* * *cazar vb1. (en general) to hunt -
9 confabulación
f.1 conspiracy, plot, put-up job, scheme.2 pseudologia fantastica.* * *1 conspiracy, plot* * *SF1) (=complot) plot, conspiracy; (=intriga) intrigue2) (Com) ring* * *femenino conspiracy, plot* * *= collusion, confabulation, scheme, bung, intrigue, connivance.Ex. There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.Ex. The present study investigated the content of the confabulations of a neurological patient who developed a striking confabulatory syndrome following removal of a meningioma in the pituitary region.Ex. These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.Ex. Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called ' bungs' for prime space.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.----* confabulaciones = scheming.* * *femenino conspiracy, plot* * *= collusion, confabulation, scheme, bung, intrigue, connivance.Ex: There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.
Ex: The present study investigated the content of the confabulations of a neurological patient who developed a striking confabulatory syndrome following removal of a meningioma in the pituitary region.Ex: These cuts were a scheme to privatize the cleaning women's jobs, contracting them out to small or big private cleaning firms.Ex: Thee reader is being ripped off by bookselling chains demanding so-called ' bungs' for prime space.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: There are four prominent common law defenses to a divorce suit: condonation, recrimination, collusion, and connivance.* confabulaciones = scheming.* * *conspiracy, plot* * *
confabulación sustantivo femenino
1 conspiracy
2 conference
' confabulación' also found in these entries:
English:
scheme
* * *conspiracy* * *f plot, conspiracy* * * -
10 elevación
f.1 elevation, height, rise.2 elevation, lifting, raising.3 elevation view, front view.4 elevation, elevated state.5 elevation, elevated place.6 elevation, loftiness, ecstasy, rapture.7 promontory.* * *1 (de terreno) elevation, rise3 MATEMÁTICAS raising4 RELIGIÓN elevation* * *noun f.elevation, height* * *SF1) [de objeto, brazo] raising2) (=aumento) [de precios, tipos] rise, increase; [de nivel, temperatura] rise3) (=montículo) hill, elevation frm4) (=ascenso) elevation5) (Jur) presentation, submissionla elevación de un recurso al Tribunal Supremo — the presentation o submission of an appeal to the High Court
6) (=sublimidad) [de estilo] elevation, loftiness; [de sentimientos] nobility7) (Rel) [en la misa] elevation* * *1) (frml)a) ( acción de levantar) raisingb) la Elevación (Relig) the Elevation2) (frml) ( aumento) rise, increase3) ( a dignidad) elevation4) (frml) (de protesta, recurso) presentation, submission5) (Geog) (colina, altura) elevation6) (frml) (de pensamiento, sentimiento) nobility; ( de estilo) loftiness, elevation (frml)* * *= uplift, elevation, heightening.Ex. His goal was to contribute to the ' uplift' of the masses and to make men sober, righteous, conservative, patient, and devout -- in short, to make others more like himself.Ex. In cartography elevation is the height of the earth's surface above sea level, which can be shown by colour, by contour lines, etc..Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* * *1) (frml)a) ( acción de levantar) raisingb) la Elevación (Relig) the Elevation2) (frml) ( aumento) rise, increase3) ( a dignidad) elevation4) (frml) (de protesta, recurso) presentation, submission5) (Geog) (colina, altura) elevation6) (frml) (de pensamiento, sentimiento) nobility; ( de estilo) loftiness, elevation (frml)* * *= uplift, elevation, heightening.Ex: His goal was to contribute to the ' uplift' of the masses and to make men sober, righteous, conservative, patient, and devout -- in short, to make others more like himself.
Ex: In cartography elevation is the height of the earth's surface above sea level, which can be shown by colour, by contour lines, etc..Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* * *A ( frml)1 (acción de levantar) raising2la Elevación ( Relig) the ElevationC (a una dignidad) elevationD (de una protesta, un recurso) presentation, submissionE ( Geog)1 (colina, punto elevado) high point, elevation2 (altura, nivel) elevation* * *
elevación sustantivo femenino
1 elevation
2 (del terreno) rise (in the ground)
' elevación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alta
- alto
English:
elevation
- rise
* * *elevación nf1. [de pesos, objetos] lifting2. [de nivel, altura, precios] rise3. [de terreno] elevation, rise5. [nobleza] loftiness6. [de queja, recurso] lodging, presentation;[de propuesta] submission, presentation* * *f GEOG elevation* * * -
11 embaucar
v.to deceive, to take in.no te dejes embaucar don't (let yourself) be taken inembaucar a alguien en algo to talk somebody into something* * *1 to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, swindle* * *VT to trick, fool, lead up the garden path ** * *verbo transitivo to trick, con (colloq)* * *= trick, dupe, bamboozle, bluff, ensnare, snare, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path.Ex. People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.Ex. He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.Ex. More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex. Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.----* dejarse embaucar = get + sucked in.* * *verbo transitivo to trick, con (colloq)* * *= trick, dupe, bamboozle, bluff, ensnare, snare, humbug, lead + Nombre + down the garden path.Ex: People will try to trick or deceive systems that support intrinsically social activities.
Ex: He offers an antidote to modern-day jeremiads that criticize easily duped consumers.Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.Ex: More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing than by believing in too much.Ex: Intelligent individuals often think that they cannot behave stupidly, but that is precisely what leads them down the garden path.* dejarse embaucar = get + sucked in.* * *embaucar [A2 ]vtto trick, con ( colloq)* * *
embaucar ( conjugate embaucar) verbo transitivo
to trick, con (colloq)
embaucar verbo transitivo to swindle, cheat, lead up the garden path
' embaucar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
seducir
English:
garden
- dupe
* * *embaucar vtto deceive, to take in;no te dejes embaucar don't (let yourself) be taken in;embaucar a alguien para hacer algo to trick sb into doing sth* * *v/t trick, deceive* * *embaucar {72} vt: to trick, to swindle -
12 embrollar
v.1 to confuse, to complicate (asunto).2 to snag, to entrap, to entangle.El gato embrolló la lana The cat snagged the wool.3 to embroil, to ball up, to entangle, to make a muddle of.Su torpeza embrolló el plan His clumsiness embroiled the plan.* * *1 to confuse, muddle1 to get confused, get muddled* * *1. VT1) (=confundir) to muddle, confuse2) (=involucrar) to involve, embroil frm2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <hilo/madeja> to tangle (up)c) ( implicar)2.embrollar a alguien en algo — to embroil somebody in something, get somebody involved in something
embrollarse v pron hilo/madeja to get tangled; situación to get confused o muddled; persona to get muddled, to get mixed up (colloq)* * *= snarl up, entangle, knot into, ensnare, snare.Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.----* embrollado en = enmeshed in.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <hilo/madeja> to tangle (up)c) ( implicar)2.embrollar a alguien en algo — to embroil somebody in something, get somebody involved in something
embrollarse v pron hilo/madeja to get tangled; situación to get confused o muddled; persona to get muddled, to get mixed up (colloq)* * *= snarl up, entangle, knot into, ensnare, snare.Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.
Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.* embrollado en = enmeshed in.* * *embrollar [A1 ]vt1 ‹hilo/madeja› to tangle, tangle up2 (confundir) ‹situación› to complicate; ‹persona› to muddle, confuse3 (implicar) embrollar a algn EN algo to embroil sb IN sth, get sb involved IN sth1 «hilo/madeja» to get tangled2 «situación» to get confused o muddled, get complicated; «persona» to get confused o muddled, to get mixed up ( colloq)* * *
embrollar ( conjugate embrollar) verbo transitivo
‹ persona› to muddle, confusec) ( implicar) embrollar a algn en algo to embroil sb in sth, get sb involved in sth
embrollarse verbo pronominal [hilo/madeja] to get tangled;
[ situación] to get confused o muddled;
[ persona] to get muddled, to get mixed up (colloq)
' embrollar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
liar
English:
cloud
- foul up
* * *♦ vt1. [asunto, situación] to complicate, to confuse;[historia, explicación] to make confusing o involved; [persona] to confuse, to mix up2. [hilo, ovillo, cuerda] to tangle up* * *v/t muddle, mix up -
13 enredar
v.1 to tangle up (madeja, pelo).El gato enreda las lanas The cat tangles up the yarns.2 to bother, to annoy.3 to get up to mischief (informal).enredar con algo to fiddle with o mess about with something4 to mix up, to entangle, to fuzz up, to louse up.El chico enredó las historias The boy mixed up the stories.5 to snag, to hook, to get hooked.La caña enredó al pez The fishing rod snagged the fish.* * *1 (prender con red) to catch in a net, net2 (para cazar) to set3 (engatusar) to involve, implicate4 (meter cizaña) to sow discord, cause trouble5 (enmarañar) to tangle up, entangle6 (entretener) to hold up, delay1 (travesear) to be mischievous1 (hacerse un lío) to get tangled up, get entangled, get into a tangle2 (complicarse) to get complicated, get confused3 (en discusión) to become involved, get caught up4 (amancebarse) to have an affair* * *verb1) to confuse2) tangle* * *1. VT1) [+ hilos, cuerda] to tangle upeste viento te enreda el pelo — your hair gets tangled up in this wind, this wind tangles your hair up
2) [+ situación, asunto] to make complicated, complicatecon tanta mentira enredó las cosas aún más — with all his lies he made matters even more complicated, with all his lies he complicated matters even more
3) * (=desordenar) to get into a mess, mess upestos niños lo han enredado todo — these children have got everything into a mess, these children have messed everything up
4) * (=involucrar) to get mixed o caught up (en in)la han enredado en un asunto turbio — they've got her mixed o caught up in some shady deal
5) * (=entretener)no me enredes, que llego tarde — don't hold me back, or I'll be late
6) * (=engañar) to trick7) (=enemistar) to cause trouble among o between8) (Caza) [+ animal] to net; [+ trampa] to set2.VI * (=juguetear) to play around, monkey around *¡no enredes! — stop playing around!
¡deja ya de enredar con los lápices! — stop fiddling (around) with the pencils, will you?
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <cuerdas/cables> to get... tangled up, tangle upb) ( embarullar) < persona> to muddle... up, confuse; <asunto/situación> to complicatec) (fam) ( involucrar)2.enredar a alguien en algo — to get somebody mixed up o caught up in something
enredar vi (fam)a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up troubleb) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget3.enredar con algo — to fiddle around with something, fiddle with something
enredarse v pron1) lana/cuerda to get tangled, become entangled; pelo to get tangled o knotted; planta to twist itself around2)a) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)b) (fam) ( involucrarse)enredarse en algo — to get mixed up o involved in something
c) (fam) ( enfrascarse)enredarse en algo — to get into something (colloq)
d) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up get muddled up* * *= bog down, muddy, bamboozle, snarl up, entangle, knot into, coil, tangle, ensnare, snare, make + trouble.Ex. There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.Ex. The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.Ex. Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex. The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex. This booklet is intended to provide general information on coiling of brain aneurysms.Ex. The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.Ex. As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.----* enredar a Alguien para que haga Algo = talk + Nombre + into.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* enredarse = kink.* enredarse con = get + involved with/in.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) <cuerdas/cables> to get... tangled up, tangle upb) ( embarullar) < persona> to muddle... up, confuse; <asunto/situación> to complicatec) (fam) ( involucrar)2.enredar a alguien en algo — to get somebody mixed up o caught up in something
enredar vi (fam)a) ( intrigar) to make trouble, stir up troubleb) (Esp) ( molestar) to fidget3.enredar con algo — to fiddle around with something, fiddle with something
enredarse v pron1) lana/cuerda to get tangled, become entangled; pelo to get tangled o knotted; planta to twist itself around2)a) (fam) ( en lío amoroso)b) (fam) ( involucrarse)enredarse en algo — to get mixed up o involved in something
c) (fam) ( enfrascarse)enredarse en algo — to get into something (colloq)
d) (fam) ( embarullarse) to get mixed up get muddled up* * *= bog down, muddy, bamboozle, snarl up, entangle, knot into, coil, tangle, ensnare, snare, make + trouble.Ex: There is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends.
Ex: The concept of such a center remained nebulous at best, and we later learned that communication problems early on had muddied the message about what was really needed.Ex: Benny Morris claims that Karsh is attempting to hoodwink and bamboozle readers.Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex: The issues entangled in Van Gogh's work - issues of the market, gender, and class - were also knotted into the work of many avant-garde artists of the late 19th c.Ex: This booklet is intended to provide general information on coiling of brain aneurysms.Ex: The more unsuccessful she was the more bitter she became, and the more tangled in the web drawn about her by her husband and children.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex: In fact, the Indians had been snaring animals long before the white man came to North America.Ex: As President Bush's second term winds down, this is no time for him to be making trouble for his successor.* enredar a Alguien para que haga Algo = talk + Nombre + into.* enredar las cosas = muddy + the waters.* enredarse = kink.* enredarse con = get + involved with/in.* * *enredar [A1 ]vt1 ‹cuerdas/cables› to get … tangled up, tangle up2 ‹asunto/situación› to complicate, make … complicatedno enredes más las cosas don't complicate things any further3 ( fam) (involucrar) enredar a algn EN algo to get sb mixed up o caught up o embroiled o involved IN sthlo enredaron en la compra de las acciones they got him involved o caught up in buying shares■ enredarvi( fam)1 (intrigar) to make trouble, stir up trouble, stir ( colloq)A1 «lana/cuerda» to get tangled, become entangled; «pelo» to get tangled o knotted o ( AmE) snarledla cuerda se enredó en las patas de la silla the rope got tangled around o entangled in the chair legs2 «planta» to twist itself aroundBse ha enredado en un negocio sucio he's got mixed up in some funny businessse enredaron en una acalorada discusión they got into a heated discussion* * *
enredar ( conjugate enredar) verbo transitivo
‹asunto/situación› to complicate
verbo intransitivo (fam)
enredar con algo to fiddle (around) with sth
enredarse verbo pronominal
1 [lana/cuerda] to get tangled, become entangled;
[ pelo] to get tangled o knotted;
[ planta] to twist itself around
2 (fam)a) ( en lío amoroso) enredarse con algn to get involved with sb
enredar verbo transitivo
1 (cables, cuerdas, pelo) to entangle, tangle up
2 (un asunto, situación) to confuse, complicate
3 fig (implicar en algo ilegal, turbio) to involve [en, in], to mix up [en, in]
4 (convencer, liar) lo enredaron para presentarse a las elecciones, they talked him into being a candidate in the election
' enredar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
envolver
- trastear
- implicar
English:
embroil
- entangle
- tangle
- tangle up
- foul
- snarl
* * *♦ vt1. [cuerdas, madeja, pelo] to tangle (up)2. [situación, asunto] to complicate;será mejor no enredar más las cosas it's best not to make matters more complicatedme enredaron en sus sucios negocios they got me mixed up in their dirty dealings4. [entretener] to bother, to annoy♦ viFam1. [hacer travesuras] to get up to mischief* * *I v/t1 tangle, get tangled2 figcomplicate, make complicatedII v/i make trouble* * *enredar vt1) : to tangle up, to entangle2) : to confuse, to complicate3) : to involve, to implicate* * *enredar vb1. (involucrar) to involve2. (complicar) to complicate3. (confundir) to muddle / to confuseel fiscal intentó enredar al testigo con sus preguntas the prosecutor tried to confuse the witness with his questions4. (tocar) to mess about -
14 esconderse
1 to hide* * *VPR (=ocultarse) to hide, hide o.s., conceal o.s.; (=estar escondido) to be hidden, lurk* * *(v.) = skulk, go into + hidingEx. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.Ex. The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.* * *(v.) = skulk, go into + hidingEx: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.
Ex: The three have been jailed for more than two weeks while a fourth journalist went into hiding after receiving a judicial summons.* * *
■esconderse verbo reflexivo to hide [de, from]
' esconderse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
esconder
English:
cocoon
- hide
- hiding
- skulk
* * *vpr1. [ocultarse] [sujeto: persona] to hide (de from); [sujeto: el sol] to disappear, to hide;¡rápido, escóndete! quick, hide!;no te escondas de mí don't hide from me2. [subyacer] to lie hidden;detrás de su seriedad se esconde un gran sentido del humor his seriousness conceals a lively sense of humour* * *v/r hide* * * -
15 intensificación
f.1 intensification, accentuation, increase, amplification.2 exaggeration.* * *1 intensification* * ** * *femenino intensification* * *= deepening, intensification, escalation, heightening.Ex. There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.Ex. This article outlines the measures agreed in Suzdal in April '87 in response to the all-Soviet plan for the intensification of information work in the field of electricity.Ex. We find that mediators also caucus with disputants when they are hostile to each other or have a prior history of escalation.Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* * *femenino intensification* * *= deepening, intensification, escalation, heightening.Ex: There is a categorical moral imperative for a deepening and a renewal of the concept of collegiality -- that is a blend of intense competition and mutual support -- in relations between research scholars and research librarians.
Ex: This article outlines the measures agreed in Suzdal in April '87 in response to the all-Soviet plan for the intensification of information work in the field of electricity.Ex: We find that mediators also caucus with disputants when they are hostile to each other or have a prior history of escalation.Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* * *intensificationa pesar de la intensificación de los esfuerzos despite intensified efforts* * *
intensificación sustantivo femenino escalation, strengthening: la intensificación de la guerra es inminente, escalation of the war is imminent
' intensificación' also found in these entries:
English:
escalation
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16 intriga
f.1 curiosity.película/novela de intriga thriller¡qué intriga! ¿qué habrá pasado? I'm dying to know what's happened!2 intrigue.3 plot (trama).pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: intrigar.* * *1 (maquinación secreta) intrigue2 (curiosidad) curiosity3 (de una narración, película) intrigue* * *SF (=maquinación) intrigue; (=ardid) plot, scheme; (Teat) plot* * *femenino intriguenovela/película de intriga — thriller
* * *= intrigue.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.----* intriga política = political intrigue.* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.* red de intriga = web of intrigue.* tejido de intrigas = web of intrigue.* * *femenino intriguenovela/película de intriga — thriller
* * *= intrigue.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.
* intriga política = political intrigue.* maraña de intrigas = web of intrigue.* red de intriga = web of intrigue.* tejido de intrigas = web of intrigue.* * *intrigueintrigas políticas/palaciegas political/court intriguesnovela/película de intriga thriller* * *
Del verbo intrigar: ( conjugate intrigar)
intriga es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
intriga
intrigar
intriga sustantivo femenino
intrigue;◊ novela/película de intriga thriller
intrigar ( conjugate intrigar) verbo transitivo
to intrigue
verbo intransitivo
to scheme
intriga sustantivo femenino
1 (maquinación) intrigue
2 Cine Teat (trama) plot
3 (curiosidad intensa) curiosity
sentir intriga, to be intrigued
película de intriga, thriller
intrigar
I vtr (suscitar viva curiosidad) to intrigue, interest
II vi (conspirar) to plot
' intriga' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tramoya
English:
intrigue
- web
* * *intriga nf1. [suspense] suspense;película/novela de intriga thriller;la intriga se mantiene hasta el final the suspense is maintained right to the end2. [curiosidad] curiosity;tengo intriga por saber el resultado I'm curious to know the result;¡qué intriga! ¿qué habrá pasado? how intriguing! what can have happened?3. [maquinación] intrigue;intrigas palaciegas court o palace intrigues4. [trama] plot* * *f intrigue; de novela plot* * *intriga nf: intrigue* * *intriga n (suspense) suspense -
17 movimiento cultural
(n.) = cultural movementEx. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* * *(n.) = cultural movementEx: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.
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18 parafernalia
f.paraphernalia.* * *1 paraphernalia* * ** * *femenino (frml) paraphernalia* * *= paraphernalia, trappings.Ex. We'll be able to purchase equipment we've been wanting for ages: an electronic offset printer; collators and folding machines and other graphic production-related paraphernalia.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.* * *femenino (frml) paraphernalia* * *= paraphernalia, trappings.Ex: We'll be able to purchase equipment we've been wanting for ages: an electronic offset printer; collators and folding machines and other graphic production-related paraphernalia.
Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.* * *( frml)paraphernalia* * *
parafernalia sustantivo femenino
1 (equipo, bienes) paraphernalia
2 (ostentación) show
' parafernalia' also found in these entries:
English:
paraphernalia
* * *parafernalia nfparaphernalia* * *f famparaphernalia* * *parafernalia nf: paraphernalia -
19 pozo
m.1 well.pozo negro cesspoolpozo de petróleo oil wellser un pozo de sabiduría to be a fountain of knowledge2 pit, hole.* * *1 (de agua, petróleo) well2 (de una mina) shaft\ser un pozo de sabiduría to be a fount of wisdomser un pozo sin fondo to be a bottomless pitpozo ciego/negro cesspitpozo petrolífero oil well* * *noun m.1) well2) pool3) shaft* * *SM1) [de agua] well2) [de río] deep part3) (Min) (=hueco) shaft; (=mina) pit, minepozo de registro, pozo de visita — manhole
4) (Náut) hold5) LAm (Astron) black hole* * *1)a) ( de agua) wellser un pozo sin fondo — (fam) to be (like) a bottomless pit (colloq)
b) ( en mina) shaftc) ( en río) deep poold) (RPl) ( en el camino) pothole2)a) ( fondo común) poolb) (en juegos, naipes) pool, kitty (colloq); ( en concurso) pool* * *= well.Ex. The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.----* perforar un pozo = drill + well.* pozo ciego = septic tank, cesspool, cesspit.* pozo de extracción = mine shaft.* pozo de los deseos = wishing well.* pozo de mina = mine shaft.* pozo de registro = manhole.* pozo séptico = septic tank, cesspool, cesspit.* pozo sin fondo = bottomless pit.* * *1)a) ( de agua) wellser un pozo sin fondo — (fam) to be (like) a bottomless pit (colloq)
b) ( en mina) shaftc) ( en río) deep poold) (RPl) ( en el camino) pothole2)a) ( fondo común) poolb) (en juegos, naipes) pool, kitty (colloq); ( en concurso) pool* * *= well.Ex: The novel has many trappings that will ensnare the average reader but skulking at the bottom of its well of intrigue is a timeless terror more attuned to the mature sensibilities of an adult audience.
* perforar un pozo = drill + well.* pozo ciego = septic tank, cesspool, cesspit.* pozo de extracción = mine shaft.* pozo de los deseos = wishing well.* pozo de mina = mine shaft.* pozo de registro = manhole.* pozo séptico = septic tank, cesspool, cesspit.* pozo sin fondo = bottomless pit.* * *A1 (para sacar agua) wellser un pozo de sabiduría to be a fount of wisdom2 (en una mina) shaft3 (en un río) deep pool4 ( RPl) (en el camino) potholeCompuestos:artesian wellseptic tank, cesspool, cesspitoil well● pozo negro or sépticoseptic tank, cesspool, cesspitB1 (fondo común) poolhicieron un pozo para las propinas they pooled all their tips, all their tips went into a pool o ( colloq) kitty¿cuánto tenemos en el pozo para comprar el regalo? how much have we collected for his gift?2 (en un concurso) poolel pozo acumulado alcanza unos diez millones there is about ten million in the poolse llevó el pozo she won the jackpot3 (en juegos, naipes) pool, kitty ( colloq)* * *
pozo sustantivo masculino
pozo ciego or negro or séptico septic tank, cesspool, cesspit;
pozo sustantivo masculino
1 well
pozo negro, cesspit
pozo de petróleo, oil well
2 (de una mina) shaft, pit
' pozo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gozo
- perforar
- perforación
- perforado
- agrandar
- aljibe
- cavar
- profundidad
- profundo
- secar
- torre
English:
bottomless
- cesspit
- deepen
- fall
- manhole
- oil well
- run
- shaft
- shallow
- sink
- well
- jack
- man
- oil
* * *pozo nm1. [de agua] well;ser un pozo de sabiduría to be a fountain of knowledge o wisdom;Famser un pozo sin fondo to be a bottomless pitpozo artesiano artesian well;pozo de extracción extraction shaft;pozo negro cesspool;pozo de petróleo oil well;pozo petrolífero oil well;pozo de ventilación ventilation shaft2. [de mina] shaft3. RP [en vereda, en carretera] pothole* * *mun pozo sin fondo fig a bottomless pit;salir del pozo fig fam get out of the hole2 Rpl pothole* * *pozo nm1) : wellpozo de petróleo: oil well2) : deep pool (in a river)3) : mine shaft4) Arg, Par, Uru : pothole5)pozo séptico : cesspool* * *pozo n well -
20 realce
m.1 glamor.dar realce a algo/alguien to enhance something/somebody2 relief.3 luster, enhancement, splendor.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: realzar.* * *1 (adorno) relief\dar realce a algo to enhance somethingponer de realce to highlight* * *SM1) (Téc) embossing2) (Arte) highlight3) (=esplendor) lustre, luster (EEUU), splendour, splendor (EEUU); (=importancia) importance, significancedar realce a — (=añadir esplendor) to add lustre to, enhance; (=destacar) to highlight
* * *1)a)dar realce a algo — a belleza/figura to enhance something
b) ( en costura) reliefc) (Tec) embossing2) ( importancia) significance* * *= enhancement, heightening.Ex. Editors consider content of abstracts and their languages as a primary factor in retrieval enhancement.Ex. The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.----* realce de imágenes = image-enhancement.* * *1)a)dar realce a algo — a belleza/figura to enhance something
b) ( en costura) reliefc) (Tec) embossing2) ( importancia) significance* * *= enhancement, heightening.Ex: Editors consider content of abstracts and their languages as a primary factor in retrieval enhancement.
Ex: The arts can serve the heightening of our sensibilities to the theological dimensions of cultural movements.* realce de imágenes = image-enhancement.* * *A1(relieve, brillo): el fondo oscuro daba realce al cuadro the dark background enhanced the paintingel vestido da realce a su belleza the dress highlights o enhances her beautyel maquillaje da realce a sus enormes ojos oscuros the makeup sets off her huge dark eyesla lista de estrellas invitadas dio realce al festival the line-up of star guests added luster to the festival2 (en costura) reliefbordado de or en realce embroidered in relief3 ( Tec) embossingB (importancia) significanceel realce de estas cifras the significance o importance of these figures* * *
Del verbo realzar: ( conjugate realzar)
realcé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
realce es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
realce
realzar
realce sustantivo masculino: dar realce a algo ‹a belleza/figura› to enhance sth;
‹ a ocasión› to add luster to sth
realzar ( conjugate realzar) verbo transitivo ‹belleza/figura› to enhance, set off;
‹ color› to highlight, bring out
realzar verbo transitivo
1 (un sabor, una idea) to enhance
2 (destacar) to bring out: el maquillaje realza su mirada, the makeup shows off her eyes
' realce' also found in these entries:
English:
highlight
* * *♦ nm1. [esplendor] glamour;el maquillaje pone de realce su belleza make-up enhances o highlights her beauty;la presencia del rey dio realce al acto the king's presence lent the occasion an air of particular importanceInformát realce de imagen image enhancement2. [en arquitectura, escultura] relief3. [bordado] detail (in relief)* * *m:dar realce a algo highlight sth* * *realce nm1) : embossing, relief2)dar realce : to highlight, to bring out
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